From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to input chinese characters with `scim'? Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:02:44 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87ej8sj3hb.fsf@gmail.com> <87wsmk4963.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209243785 8371 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2008 21:03:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:03:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 26 23:03:41 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JprYb-0003AF-0d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:03:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JprXu-00026B-Or for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JprXe-00025k-Mx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JprXd-00025X-Mr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52784 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JprXd-00025U-I3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout3.012.net.il ([84.95.2.7]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JprXd-0003v8-0M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:41 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.228.217]) by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0JZY00KNOB460PS1@i_mtaout3.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:16:54 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87wsmk4963.fsf@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53566 Archived-At: > From: Rodolfo Medina > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:07:32 +0100 > > With `chinese-py' input method I can input simplified Chinese characters; > instead with `chinese-py-b5' there are only white squares. What am I missing? > In my .emacs I put the following stuff: > > (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec "-isas-fangsong > ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0" t) I thought that chinese-py-b5 produced Big5 characters, whereas the above font specification uses GB2312 characters. Doesn't that explain why you don't see the characters? Or am I mistaken? If you go to one of the empty boxes and type "C-u C-x =", what does Emacs tell you about the character it cannot display?