[slrn] Chinese language support Windows 7

[andrew]

Hi,

I know this is more of a Windows 7 issue than an slrn problem but I am
hoping someone on this NG can help out. Using the svn slrn, Windows 7
and the Consolas font language support is more than satisfactory. But
I note that chinese language support in my current setup is
non-existent. A typical example is:

Message-ID: <287572d4-3c2c-40a2...@b25g2000prb.googlegroups.com>

which is rendered on my current setup as follows:

http://www.andrews-corner.org/samples/slrn_chinese.png

I suspect that this is a problem with the handling of the chinese
language under the Windows 7 console. I remember having a similar
problem that was solved by installing the 'East-Asian Language Pack'
which does not exist under Windows 7.

Grateful for any advice...

Andrew

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[andrew]

On 2009-12-30, Rom <-...@-.invalid> wrote:

> Win7 (and Vista) includes the East Asian languages (like you install
> in WinXP). IIRC, in Win7 try going to Control Panel > Clock, Language,
> and Region > Region and Language > Administrative tab. Under the
> "Language for non-Unicode programs" section change the current
> language from, say, "English (Australian)" to "Chinese (Simplified,
> PRC)", which should change code page (and font) from 850 to 936.

Thanks for that Rom, I can seee that you have pointed me in the right
direction although by the looks of my initial few changes I still have
some more exploration to do :).