[bt-devel] Module IGNT check

fred bt-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:54:50 -0400


Joachim Ansorg wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I can't get it working correctly to show greek text. The module uses symbol
> for the greek text.
> Do you have another module installed which uses Symbol (do you have symbol
> listed in the foreign modules font selector in the optionsdialog)?

In options dialog
Configure font used for modules

Unaccented Modern Greek Text

Requested font
Symbol Regular 12

Character set Default

However when I tried  IGNT  before I installed the Greek locale I got Latin text
instead of Greek.

Fred


>
>
> Joachim
>
> > Distribution Mandrake 7.2
> > Default font fotinos regular 11  iso8859-2
> >
> > Sa i indicated IGNT works in bibletime, but does not work properly in by
> > copy of windows sword.  Aparently you have the presenter design correct for
> > this rather complicated module.  Or if the the bug is a sword bug, itwas
> > fixed in sword after the windows build that I have.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > Joachim Ansorg wrote:
> > > Which font is your default font in BibleTime? Which font is set for IGNT?
> > > Which distribution are you using?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Joachim
> > >
> > > > When using UMGreek, display is correct font after loading the KDE Greek
> > > > support.  IGNT however displays the text area as blank.
> > > >
> > > > abraam (ABRAHAM) egennhsen ton   where lower case is greek in greek
> > > > font
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In windows sword, UM Greek works the same (displays in greek font).
> > > >
> > > > IGNT in windows sword looks something like this
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > abraam <ABRAHAM> egennhsen ton <BEGAT> where lower case is greek in
> > > > latin font
> > > >
> > > > Apparently bibletime presents IGNT better than windows sword.  I will
> > > > need to add something about fixing font problems by adding locale
> > > > packages to the handbook, it seems to work and does not require the
> > > > user to know how to add fonts as this is part of the package
> > > > installation.
> > > >
> > > > Fred