Re: tlug: Problem with KTERM

[Steve Dunham <dunham@example.com>]

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tlug note from Steve Dunham <dunham@example.com>
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karthik>Hello,

karthik>   I am working on the implementation of X Input Methods
karthik>Protocol . I have a US Linux Machine , Windows 95(Japanese)
karthik>machine from where I run my X-Server. I run kterm from the
karthik>Linux Machine and get the display on my X-Server . When the
karthik>user enters KeyStrokes , I get the Japanese Text in
karthik>Shift-JIS format. I use JCONV utility(Author KenLunde,
karthik>available on the net) for the conversion of this string into
karthik>JIS- ISO 2022 encoding which is the sameas Compound Text
karthik>encoding. I pass this string to KTERM the client . The
karthik>display on KTERM is the encoded string with the escape
karthik>sequences(encoded string) and not the actual Japanese
karthik>string.

It's not entirely clear what you are trying to do here. First of all:

In the kterm, can you "cat" a file with SJIS data and see the
characters on the screen?

If so, are you trying to copy and paste between a windows app and
kterm, or between an Xwindow app and kterm. Kterm automatically makes 
sure the selection is in the correct format, so if you have any
question about the format that kterm needs, you can always highlight
some text in a kterm and look at the selection with another program
(maybe paste it into an xterm).

(I copy and paste between XEmacs and kterm all the time.)

karthik>I have downloaded Kterm-6.2.0. I built the exe using R6
karthik>libraries . I have the Japanese fonts as well as the big
karthik>fonts . But on startup of Kterm, I get a warning missing
karthik>font : JISX-0208-1983-0 and JISX-0201.1976-0. Could this be
karthik>a the cause of the problem ?? Also the readme of KTERM
karthik>states link the kterm with the lib lxpg4 to use XIM . Iam
karthik>not able to find this lib in the X11 sources . But the exe
karthik>was successfully generated . The fonts are in the proper
karthik>path as pcf.Z files .

The fonts are in the proper path on the windows machine?  Are they
listed in fonts.dir? (Or whatever the windows machine calls it.)

I never needed "libxpg4" for compiling kterm on Linux.  This may be a
Solarisism. 

Finally, do you really need to implement your own XIM server? You
should be able to run "kinput2" on the Linux machine with the DISPLAY
set to your windows machine.  I've done it between Linux and Slowaris
before. Even if you want to write your own XIM, it would be a good
idea to use kinput2 to test if everything works.


Steve
dunham@example.com

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