From: TAKAHASHI Masayoshi <maki@...>
Date: 2000-09-20T23:10:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5026] OT: How to display Japanese web pages

Hi,

schneik@us.ibm.com wrote:
> Anyway, I did find and view the patch. Speaking of patches, do you or
> anyone else know if is there some standard procedure to make the English
> version of Netscape display Japanese characters instead of lots of little
> rectangles or "今度こそ" sorts of line noise characters?

English version of Netscape can display Japanese pages without
any patch/plug-in. So, what you have to do are
 * install japanese fontset, and
 * configure Netscape to use Japanese fonts.

If you use Windows or Macintosh, see:
 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/browser.html

If you use Linux/UNIX, it depends on what distribution/OS you use,
but in similay way to windows you can setup your environment.

But, there is a quick-and-easy way to view japanese pages without
Japanese fonts. Let's go www.shodouka.com, or access directly

http://www.lfw.org/shodouka/(some-japanese-page's-URL)

  (ex. http://www.lfw.org/shodouka/http://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/ )

TAKAHASHI Masayoshi (maki@inac.co.jp)