[Slashcode-development] i18n slashcode

[Shuji S. <sa...@li...>]

Hi all,

Is there the plan that Slashcode will be internationalized (or localized
non-english)?  If the plan exists, I want the load map and code.

I created "ad-hoc" patch which supported Japanese charsets (only EUC-JP).
Please refer to the following URL.
 http://www.opensource.gr.jp/~sado/slash2.jpg
Kanji character is displayed to this snapshot. I do not show it now,
because this patch is incomplete and I am hoping complete i18n support.
If there is not a plan of i18n yet, I hope that i18n project will be
formed.

Unicode and Japanese character support will be possible if using
Jcode.pm (http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/Jcode/index.html).  Some
charset handling becomes possible.  In addition, we will need
to revise regular expression. For example,

 s/[^A-Z0-9\'.]//gi  -->   s/[^A-Z0-9\'. \xa1-\xff]//gi
                                          ^^^^^^^^
                                          EUC-JP code

I think that it is difficult to merge these.  However, non-English
support of Slashcode is very important. Anyway, please give me
your thought. Positive suggestions would be helpful for non-English
people.


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Shuji Sado
 Japan Linux Association  Executive Director (sa...@li...)
 Open Source Group Japan  President (sa...@op...)
 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. (sa...@va...)