Re: [SM-I18N] Creating Folders with Simplified Chinese names

[Doug C. <do...@bp...>]

> > >> > I have tried with both Squirrelmail 1.4.5 and 5.1 to create
> > >> folders with
> > >> > Chinese names.  Version 1.4.5 tells me that the name given
> > >> is invalid and
> > >> > shows it as ????  Version 1.5.1 does better in that it
> > >> creates a folder
> > >> > but when it displays it shows charcters that I don't know
> > >> how to type in
> > >> > my e-mail (i.e., A with a circle on top).
> > >> >
> > >> > I want to try to accomplish two things:
> > >> >
> > >> > 1.  Create any folder using a name comprised of Chinese 
> > characters.
> > >> > 2.  Be able to rename the default folders for Drafts,
> > >> Deleted Items and
> > >> > Sent Items to their simplified Chinese translations.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have seen posts that appear similar to mine but they are
> > >> from many years
> > >> > ago and the things that I understand to try from them don't
> > >> appear to be
> > >> > working for me.
> > >> >
> > >> > Where do I start in getting this working?  What better
> > >> information can I
> > >> > provide to help you in assisting me.
> > >>
> > >> Missing information:
> > >> * Translation selected by end user
> > >> * Default character setting from SquirrelMail conf.pl utility 10.
> > >> Languages menu section.
> > >> * PHP version, PHP mbstring extension settings and 
> > compilation options
> > >> * Used browser
> > >
> > > Tomas,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the fast reply.
> > >
> > > Here are my answers:
> > >
> > > Translation selected by end user:  Simplified Chinese
> > > Default character setting from SquirrelMail conf.pl:  iso-8859-1
> > > PHP version:  5.1.2 compiled with
> > >
> > > './configure' '--with-apxs'
> > > '--with-mysql=../mysql-standard-4.0.24-apple-darwin7.7.0-powerpc'
> > > '--with-xml-dir=/Users/doug/install/php5/libxml'
> > > '--with-mcrypt=/usr/local'
> > > '--with-curl=/usr/local' '--with-mhash=/usr/local' '--with-gd'
> > > '--with-zlib'
> > > '--with-libjpeg=/usr/local' '--with-libtiff=/usr/local'
> > > '--with-libpng=/usr/local' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local'
> > > '--enable-simplexml'
> > > '--with-iconv' '--with-gettext' '--with-ldap'
> > 
> > Could you add '--enable-mbstring' compilation option?
> 
> I will attempt that and report back the results.

Adding --enable-mbstring and making sure that I was currently using the
Simplified Chinese user interface fixed the problem.

Thanks for the help!

Doug