Showing Unicode characters without changing font and script
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:20 pm
Right now, even if a text file is defined as Unicode in Textpad, it still couldn't accept and display Unicode characters, but just only the script supported by the font. Actually, one has to (re)define the script of a certain font in order to display the characters he likes.
For example, when I need to display Chinese characters, I have to change the font to MingLiu, change the script to "Chinese Big5". And if I want to display accented characters like é, à , I then have to change the font to Courier.
It would be nice if TextPad could do like NotePad in WinXP. We don't need to specify font or script and NotePad could display them all by default!
But I think it has something to do with the system because when I copy notepad.exe to Win2k system, this Notepad doesn't behave like when it was in WinXP!?
If only the source code of notepad for XP is available ......
For example, when I need to display Chinese characters, I have to change the font to MingLiu, change the script to "Chinese Big5". And if I want to display accented characters like é, à , I then have to change the font to Courier.
It would be nice if TextPad could do like NotePad in WinXP. We don't need to specify font or script and NotePad could display them all by default!
But I think it has something to do with the system because when I copy notepad.exe to Win2k system, this Notepad doesn't behave like when it was in WinXP!?
If only the source code of notepad for XP is available ......