Forum Index
 » 
User Forums
 » 
General Discussion
Asian Locale Support
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    drphil
    Posts: 36 from 2015/11/28
    From: New Zealand
    Does anyone know if there is a way to add Asian locale support to MorphOS?

    Would be handy for web surfing and helping some sites in asian script render properly
    1.6Ghz PowerMac G5, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, MorphOS 3.9.

    Why make life difficult when with a bit of effort you can make it impossible
  • »06.12.15 - 05:06
    Profile
  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    BSzili
    Posts: 559 from 2012/6/8
    From: Hungary
    OWB already renders them just fine:
    http://fab.morph.zone/owb/owb-morphos-1.24.readme
    This is just like television, only you can see much further.
  • »06.12.15 - 07:59
    Profile Visit Website
  • MorphOS Developer
    itix
    Posts: 1516 from 2003/2/24
    From: Finland
    Quote:

    drphil wrote:
    Does anyone know if there is a way to add Asian locale support to MorphOS?



    Languages that fit to 8-bit codesets can be supported.
    1 + 1 = 3 with very large values of 1
  • »06.12.15 - 09:20
    Profile
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    drphil
    Posts: 36 from 2015/11/28
    From: New Zealand
    Quote:


    BSzili Wrote:
    OWB already renders them just fine:
    http://fab.morph.zone/owb/owb-morphos-1.24.readme



    Do I need to change the font settings to view websites with Chinese characters?

    Cheers
    Philip
    1.6Ghz PowerMac G5, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, MorphOS 3.9.

    Why make life difficult when with a bit of effort you can make it impossible
  • »07.12.15 - 01:52
    Profile
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    drphil
    Posts: 36 from 2015/11/28
    From: New Zealand
    Quote:


    itix Wrote:
    Languages that fit to 8-bit codesets can be supported.



    ASCII doesn't support Chinese characters, so I'm guessing not?
    1.6Ghz PowerMac G5, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, MorphOS 3.9.

    Why make life difficult when with a bit of effort you can make it impossible
  • »07.12.15 - 01:55
    Profile
  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    polluks
    Posts: 779 from 2007/10/23
    From: Gelsenkirchen,...
    Use Kochi font
    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7178&forum=9
    Pegasos II G4: MorphOS 3.9, Zalman M220W · iMac G5 12,1 17", MorphOS 3.18
    Power Mac G3: OSX 10.3 · PowerBook 5,8: OSX 10.5, MorphOS 3.18
  • »07.12.15 - 08:20
    Profile
  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Jeckel
    Posts: 133 from 2007/3/11
    Quote:

    drphil wrote:
    Quote:


    itix Wrote:
    Languages that fit to 8-bit codesets can be supported.



    ASCII doesn't support Chinese characters, so I'm guessing not?



    The two things are not related.

    1.You can display any language within the web browser. Just have a look at the linked file for the explanations (basically you need to install and configure the appropriate font).

    2.You cannot use anything else than 8-bits characters (btw 8-bit charset is not ASCII!) in the operating system (and applications) itself.

    It means that you can browse Chinese websites, but that you could not use Chinese characters in a wordprocessor or a text editor for instance.
  • »07.12.15 - 08:20
    Profile
  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    polluks
    Posts: 779 from 2007/10/23
    From: Gelsenkirchen,...
    Quote:

    Jeckel schrieb:
    2.You cannot use anything else than 8-bits characters (btw 8-bit charset is not ASCII!) in the operating system (and applications) itself.

    At least Multiview supports UTF-8 :-)
    Pegasos II G4: MorphOS 3.9, Zalman M220W · iMac G5 12,1 17", MorphOS 3.18
    Power Mac G3: OSX 10.3 · PowerBook 5,8: OSX 10.5, MorphOS 3.18
  • »07.12.15 - 08:46
    Profile
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    drphil
    Posts: 36 from 2015/11/28
    From: New Zealand
    Ah

    Now I understand

    Thanks guys!
    1.6Ghz PowerMac G5, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, MorphOS 3.9.

    Why make life difficult when with a bit of effort you can make it impossible
  • »07.12.15 - 18:31
    Profile
  • MorphOS Developer
    Nadir
    Posts: 157 from 2003/3/17
    Quote:

    polluks wrote:
    At least Multiview supports UTF-8 :-)



    And so does Scribble. Anyhow, this is definitely an area where there is scope for progress...
  • »08.12.15 - 00:16
    Profile
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    If MorphOS got Japanese support I will be happy to translate it to Japanese ;)
    AMIGA FORUM - Hela Sveriges Amigatidning!
    AMIGA FORUM - Sweden's Amiga Magazine!

    My MorphOS blog
  • »08.12.15 - 11:11
    Profile Visit Website
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    drphil
    Posts: 36 from 2015/11/28
    From: New Zealand
    Quote:


    Yasu wrote:
    If MorphOS got Japanese support I will be happy to translate it to Japanese ;)



    Likewise! If MorphOS added support for Simplified Chinese, I would be more than happy to help with translation :-)
    1.6Ghz PowerMac G5, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, MorphOS 3.9.

    Why make life difficult when with a bit of effort you can make it impossible
  • »09.12.15 - 06:21
    Profile