viewing text in foreign languages

h/w · 04-13-2004, 02:10 PM

hi.
if i want to edit/view text in foreign languages, how would i do it?
are there plugins for say, emacs (what bout vim?) such that i can open the files and see the right fonts?

thanks.

Mara · 04-13-2004, 04:56 PM

In text mode editors you need to have language and font set correctly (in your shell). If you'd like to view files in different languages, UTF-8 on console would be the best choice.

h/w · 04-13-2004, 05:08 PM

great.
how would i go bout setting it up?
or how would i chk if it's already setup (i tried opening the files, but they dont seem to be rendering)
is it something i can set for the whole system, or do the apps i would be using have to be setup individually?

what im trying to do is translate something into a foreign language, so ...

Hko · 04-14-2004, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by h/w
how would i go bout setting it up?

I see you use Debian, so do: "dpkg-reconfigure locales".
You also may want to: "apt-get install localeconf"

h/w · 04-14-2004, 11:54 AM

hi Hko, thanks for replying.
i didn't have either of those packages. just installed them right now.
i only installed support for one language.
how would i go about editing these files in say, vim/emacs, and get the fonts rendered - that brings me to - what about the fonts?

really appreciate your help.

p.s: currently lookin at the emacs manual.

Hko · 04-14-2004, 12:40 PM

Sorry. I don't know more about this than I've already posted.

h/w · 04-14-2004, 12:44 PM

cool - thanks a lot.

Mara · 04-14-2004, 03:42 PM

console-tools package may be also useful. The configuration file you may use is /etc/console-tools/config (you should have example lines included). You'd need also to change the value of LANG environmanetal variable.

crabboy · 04-14-2004, 09:49 PM

Not a programming question. Moving to Linux-General