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filename: README.I18N
for: AfterStep v1.0
description: Unofficial i18n internationalization patch
Last Modified: 27Feb1998
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## What's i18n patch?? ##

You can display non-US(multibyte) fonts in AfterStep 
titlebar,menu, or icon with this patch.

## How to use i18n patch?? ##

0. tar xvzf AfterStep-1.0.tar.gz  (or gunzip -c ...)
1. patch < as10+I18N.98Feb27.diff
2. edit the configure.h and uncomment "/* #define I18N */"
3. compile&install
4. check your locale setting is proper.
   see "LANG" environment variable or execute "locale" command 
   if your OS has it.
5. Set the non-us fonts(Font,WindowFont,IconFont) in .steprc.
   The fonts must be separated with comma, and do not insert any
   space or newline between the fonts.
 
   Example1: if you'd like to use both English and Japanese kanji font.
       Font	k14,r14
	        or
       Font     -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*,-*--14-*

   Exapmle2: if you'd like to use both English and Korean font.
       Font     -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-14-*,-daewoo-*,-*--14-*

   if you know how to set Chinese,Thai,or any other language font, 
   please let me know the example :-)

   New I18N patch(97Jun11 or later) takes the following steps in the
   fontset initialization.
   1. try the user-specified fontset in the steprc,
      if it failed goto 2.
   2. append "-*--14-*" to the user-specified fontset, then retry.
      if it failed goto 3.
   3. ignore the user-specified fontset, try "fixed,-*--14-*".
      if it failed, exit (error message displayed)

6. start-up. Enjoy!!

## Where can I get latest I18N patch? ##

Latest version will be available at my web page:

  http://www.itlb.te.noda.sut.ac.jp/~manome/afterstep/

## Origin ##

[WM Development] [I18N patch Development]

    fvwm1.x       "fvwm-users-jp" japanese fvwm users mailing list.
    fvwm2.x        now maintaind by Makoto MATSUSHITA.
    BowMan         by Takeshi TAGUCHI (based on fvwm1.x i18n patch)
    AfterStep      by Tomonori MANOME (based on BowMan i18n patch)


## To use/distribute/modify the patch ##

you can freely use/distribute/modify this patch.
well, I'd like to know if it really works with variable countrys'fonts.
It works well on my solaris2.5.1 and Linux/XFree86-3.2 with Japanese 
kanji font. If you find any problem with China,Korea,or any other 
multi-byte fonts, please let me know, thanks.

## When you find some bugs in I18N patch ##

I18N patch is unofficial patch, so bug-reports or questions must
be directed to me, not afterstep development team.

## Change Log ##

Please see the file "CHANGES.I18N".

-- 
MANOME Tomonori - manome@itlb.te.noda.sut.ac.jp
