[debian-devel:12507] Re: bf-utf, gnewt

[karlheg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Taketoshi" == Taketoshi Sano <kgh12351@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Taketoshi>  karlheg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:

    >> I started trying to port the patches I found in the bf-utf repository
    >> over to the `slang' Newt (snewt) in the `gnewt' module.

    Taketoshi> Thanks for working on bf-utf.

    >> Are those changes backwards compatible?  I know nothing about that.
    >> Note that there is a `minislang' in `gnewt' that I think we can
    >> use... I did not apply any patches to it.

    Taketoshi> What do you mean with "backward compatible" ?  I think the back-porting
    Taketoshi> of the patch (created with slang 1.4.0) for older 1.3 series is really
    Taketoshi> hard because of many difference between 1.3 and 1.4, but you can try it
    Taketoshi> anyway.  If you get success, then we can use it happily.

 I'm concerned with whether, after patching it to work with utf8 wide
 characters, it will still function as before, with standard ascii?
 Will I be able to use it still, or will it only work for asian text,
 after the patches?

    Taketoshi> Do you think that `minislang' is usable for us in bf-utf for potato ?

 I hope so.  The patches from the other libslang will need to be
 ported to it.  Again, will that be compatible with standard ASCII
 still??

    >> If it's backwards compatible, we should switch to the `gnewt' tree
    >> rather than the `bf-utf' one for Newt and Slang.

    Taketoshi> I will checkout that gnewt modules from cvs.debian.org.

 Ok, good.