Re: [Mingw-users] East-Asian double-spaced font in Windows Console

[Erwin W. <wat...@xs...>]

Op 22-11-2012 15:16, Yongwei Wu schreef:
> On 22 November 2012 16:07, waterlan <wat...@xs... 
> <mailto:wat...@xs...>> wrote:
>
>     Maximus5 schreef op 2012-11-22 07:54:
>     > waterlan <waterlan@...> writes:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >> Is 新宋体 (Simsun) the standard ttf font in the Console in a
>     Chinese
>     >
>     >> Windows? If yes, why can't I select it in the Console when Windows
>     >> is
>     >
>     >> switched to English? Is it also impossible to select Lucida Console
>     >> when
>     >
>     >> Windows is switched to Chinese?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > The list of available fonts changes when you change codepage :)
>     >
>     > For example (on Chinese Windows versions) "chcp 936" enables Simsun,
>     >
>     > while "chcp 1250" enables Lucida Console. Can't remember, whats
>     > hapens
>     >
>     > on "chcp 65001". Hm, but each Chinese codepage (437? not sure) has
>     >
>     > its own font containing required glyphes.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > just for information
>     >
>
>     Hi Maximus,
>
>     Thanks! That is useful information. Yesterday I downloaded Windows 7
>     Enterprise Evaluation and installed it in a Virtual Box. I added the
>     Chinese language package. I'm going to try and let you know.
>
>     best regards,
>
>
> Late to this thread.... However, I believe you do not need the 
> language pack, unless you need to change the interface language. I do 
> not have any language packs installed, but I can type and display Chinese.
>
> For the font, you can check the existence of 
> C:\Windows\Fonts\simsun.ttc (in the default path). This is the default 
> Chinese font.
>
> Modern GUI applications should not care about the system locale, but 
> it can still matter for old applications and/or applications that do 
> not support globalization well. You may need to set Chinese as the 
> default system locale in those cases. To do that, you need to go to 
> Control Panel > Region and Language > Administrative > Change system 
> locale. It does have some side-effects for a typical Western user, but 
> mostly cosmetic in daily use.
>
>

Hi Yongwei,

You are right. I just discovered that it works that way. When I change 
the system locale in the Control Panel to Chinese I can select the 
Simsun font in the Console. I cannot select Lucida Console or Consolas 
with a Chinese system locale. It appears that the fonts that you can 
select in the Console depend on the system locale. It doesn't require an 
Ultimate or Enterprise Windows edition, I can do it also in a Home 
Premium edition of Windows.

The system locale is important for console applications, because of this 
issue, also for modern Console applications that support Unicode. I 
would be nicer if you could select any mono spaced font in the Console, 
like in GUI applications.

I was afraid that changing the system locale to Chinese would change all 
text to Chinese and I could not use my Windows any more, but that was 
not the case. The "display language" is a different setting and can stay 
Dutch (or English) with a Chinese system locale.

best regards,

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/