when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display Chinese well.and the devices can deal with the Chinese as well.but under Linux,the graphic device can not display Chinese ,so i guess it is due to the fonts.but even i change the fonts using opions(fonts=c()),it still can not work proper. any suggestion?
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3 messages · ronggui, Brian Ripley
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, ronggui wrote:
when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display Chinese well.and the
R 2.1.0 will not be out for 8 days: are you a time-traveller or careless? (The posting guide does ask you to give the *full* version, that is 2.1.0 beta of a particular date.)
devices can deal with the Chinese as well.but under Linux,the graphic device can not display Chinese ,so i guess it is due to the fonts.but even i change the fonts using opions(fonts=c()),it still can not work proper. any suggestion?
1) Read the posting guide and learn to tell us *accurately* basic information, like which graphics device, which locale and which R version. 2) All those devices stated in the NEWS file to do so do indeed work in Simplified Chinese (and we have no reason to suppose that they do not work in Traditional Chinese, but the difference does matter as the glyphs are different). But some, e.g. pdf() do not. The X11 device does if suitable X11 fonts are installed, and not otherwise. If you mean the X11 device, seek help on an X11 forum. (Incidentally, 2.1.0 beta under Windows XP only works in Chinese if the correct fonts are installed, which they are not by default in the versions sold in Europe.)
PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
3 days later
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:57:26 +0100 (BST)
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, ronggui wrote:
when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display Chinese well.and the
R 2.1.0 will not be out for 8 days: are you a time-traveller or careless? (The posting guide does ask you to give the *full* version, that is 2.1.0 beta of a particular date.)
i would like to use the new version,so maybe i am a time-traveller.sorry for my careless that i fail to give the info about the version.from version 1.9-2.10,the problem exsits.but under windows,all works well ,which makes me think the problem is due the the fonts.
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_ platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status alpha major 2 minor 1.0 year 2005 month 03 day 23 language R
1) Read the posting guide and learn to tell us *accurately* basic information, like which graphics device, which locale and which R version.
X11,pdf face the same problem. my locale is UTF8.my i am using Simplied Chinese.
2) All those devices stated in the NEWS file to do so do indeed work in Simplified Chinese (and we have no reason to suppose that they do not work in Traditional Chinese, but the difference does matter as the glyphs are different). But some, e.g. pdf() do not. The X11 device does if suitable X11 fonts are installed, and not otherwise. If you mean the X11 device, seek help on an X11 forum.
all my other X11 application,mail agent,openoffice,....,work well and the chinese can display correctly.
(Incidentally, 2.1.0 beta under Windows XP only works in Chinese if the correct fonts are installed, which they are not by default in the versions sold in Europe.)
in fact,from version 1.90,R can display Chinese correctly under windows.(though it sometimes ugly before version 2.1.0). when i use $xlfonts,i can see my system has the following fonts,and i am sure the song fonts can support chinese. -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-1 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-2 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-3 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-4 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-5 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-6 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-7 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-3 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-4 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-5 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-6 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-7 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-24-240-75-75-c-240-cns11643.1992-1 -cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-24-240-75-75-c-240-cns11643.1992-2 ..... and i use $fc-list,i can get .... AR PL New Sung,ÎĶ¦£Ã£ÌÃÂËÎ:style=Regular SimSun,ËÎÌå:style=Regular ..... i am sure the fonts display chinese well.