[sldev] [i18n] - Question about test strings
Alissa Sabre
alissa_sabre at yahoo.co.jp
Sat Nov 15 16:43:50 PST 2008
> to compile a
> series of tests to check if the viewer can handle characters used in
> different languages.
This phrase attracted me, but,
> Noelle Linden asked volunteers to have a look at CT-81
> ( https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/CT-81 ) in order to compile a
I looked at it, but I don't speak French.
> We're now trying to decide on TEST STRINGS for the viewer i18n. In that
> context, the question arrised that if one
> greek/chinese/japanese/russian/... character is working in the viewer,
> it would be an indication if ALL characters of that language would be
> working. It was speculative and we decided to ask the
> specialists/coders... So that is you guys (^_^)
> Any ideas? Should we test whole alphabets in different languages or are
> one to three characters enough to indicate that the language is working
> as it should?
I have some ideas. I have my own test vector for this area. However,
it primarily targets at my own goal of supporting _more_ languages
than the current viewer does. So, most of my data doesn't work at all
under the LL viewer. I don't think such set is appropriate for Q/A
people...
A part of my test data is available in-world at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hippotropolis/42/22/23 as a set of
notecards. Those who are interested in the Zai's original message
will find these notecards interesting.
Please note when you view it that:
- The result of viewing those notecards largely depends on the OS
environment. For example, assuming you run US English version of
Windows XP, the test results differ greately by a checkbox
hidden deep inside of the Windows Control Panel. (Control Panel >
Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options > Regional and Language
Options > Languages > Supplemental Language Support > Install files
for East Asian Languges).
# I'm a Japanese speaker living in Japan, and am using Japanese
version of Windows. In Japanese version of Windows this checkbox
is turned on by default, and is unable to be turned off through
usual operations.
- Only the Korean text appears right in the current viewer (under
Windows XP with the above checkbox on. If the above checkbox is
off, Korean notecard doesn't appear right.)
- Turkish, Hungarian, and Czech text appears readable, but some
characters are shown strangely; it is primarily because the current
viewer's character-by-character font selection mechanism from
multiple fallback fonts works badly.
- Viewing Japanese and Chinese notecards shows all characters there,
but the paragraphs are folded into lines at wrong positions, causing
unconfortable texts. (In Chinese notecard, some Hanzi are shown
using Japanese font, causing some strange appearance.)
- Russian text appears fine if the above Windows checkbox (East Asian
language) is turned *OFF* and you have Microsoft Office installed
with full install (i.e., you have "Arial Unicode MS" in your Font
folder.) If you turned on the checkbox, each Russian letter appears
too wide. If you turned off the checkbox, but you don't have
Microsoft Office, Russian letters doesn't appear on the screen (even
if you have an ordinary Russian font.)
- Hindi, Hebrew, and Arabic sample text doesn't work with the current
viewer, regardless of the Windows settings.
Alissa Sabre
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