From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@...>
Date: 2002-09-06T19:28:03+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby entry widget does not display properly

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:10:18PM +0900, Jean-Pierre Berard wrote:
> In win2k ruby does not seem to be able to display properly Tk entry widget 
> entered
> in Unicode. 
> I know already that ruby script written in utf-8 will display without any 
> difficulties thanks to the command line option rubyw -Ku script.rbw but 
> when one enters Unicode through the global IME in Japanese for example into 
> an Tk entry widget one gets an ugly cursor obstructing most of the display 
> and nothing else except a series of strings ?????
> 
> When the equivalent is done under Tcl/Tk, the Japanese characters are 
> displayed
> beautifully without any ugly showing up of the cursor! 
> Any pointer is most welcome since I am new to ruby. 

> 
> TkEntry.new { 
> insertwidth 40 

This is part of the problem. Instead of 'insertwidth', use 'width', just
as you would in Tk. The config options almost always have the same names
in Ruby/Tk as in Tcl/Tk ... it's just the syntax that's different.

> font 'Times 16 normal' 

Does your Times font include Japanese characters? I suppose it must,
since it worked with Tcl/Tk. But if you're not sure, try using a
different font that you know includes Japanese characters.

-- 
Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
mgushee@havenrock.com
http://www.havenrock.com/