GNUCash 1.8.4: Displaying national chars (iso8859-13)

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jul 30 12:16:24 CDT 2003


Hi,

Jancs <jancs at dv.lv> writes:

> Hello!
> 
> Can someone comment such problem:
> 
> it is impossible to enter any local (Latvian) characters in any field.
> If i cheat a little (by editin accounts file by external editor), the
> characters are shown in some distorted (IMHO - 8859-1 table) way.
> 
> Is it possible somehow to get Latvian language working for entering of
> info (at the moment i do not care very much about interface) or it is
> gtk/gtkhtml problem in general?
> 
> I remember similar problems with evolution 1.2.x, which was based on
> gnome 1.4.x, and disappeared only after transition of it to gnome 2.x.

Correct, this is a gnome-1.4 problem.  Gnucash is still a gnome-1.4
app, so still has these problems.  A port to gnome2 is underway but I
dont expect anything to be ready for release until at least Q4-03 to
Q1-04.

> Janis
> -- 
> Jancs
> Laps Cileecish

-derek

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