[TCLCORE] Re: message catalogs and Tcl/Tk patch for underlining

[Laurent D. <lau...@ne...>]

On 11 Sep, Keiichi Takahashi wrote:
> In some short test pieces, some of troubles are found. Main trouble is related to
> text width of the widgets.
> 

Ok, I think I know what the problem is. To calculate the width of a widget,
I use the ::msgcat::mcmax function. The problem is that for a string like
OK, I user "OK" to calculate the width. My assumption was that the length of
"OK" and "O\_K" should be the same, since the \_ is pretty much like a
diacritic (I hope it's the right term). Evidently, that's not the case for
languages such as Japanese. ... Ok, I just patched the msgcat.tcl file and
these are the results I get:

# ja
::msgcat::mcmax OK
::msgcat::mcmax O\_K
% 2
% 5
% 

# en
::msgcat::mcmax OK
::msgcat::mcmax O\_K
% 2
% 2

The patch is attached and it should fix your problems.

Keep those problem reports coming!

L

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