scim chinese input under non GB2312 locale

[Ed Greshko]

Hou Xiang ZHU wrote:

> on my work PC, after I updated two scim related packages,(i.e
> scim-1.4.4-9-->scim-1.4.4-9.1.fc5,
> scim-libs-1.4.4-9 --> scim-libs-1.4.4-9.1.fc5), and reboot my PC, now I
> can input Chinese using SCIM now UNDER en_US.UTF-8 locale.

Good...

> But the fonts problem also exists here as my home PC,i .e can't display
> some Chinese characters, although it can display correctly more
> characters. still some only display as a block with 4 ASCII characters
> inside.

Yes.  Check out the archives for the "Chinese fonts in FC5" thread.  I
think the state of affairs is summed up there.

FWIW, under WinXP the glyphs do exist under quite a few of the fonts.
When I showed them to my wife she said....oh those are new ones for me.

Ed