[Dev] Some simple tests for multi byte text input and display

[Brian Kirsch]

It appears Windows users were unable to view the initial testing text I 
sent. Windows does not support Chinese or Japanese fonts by default. You 
have to install and additional 230mb language pack.

Ah good old Windows so behind the times :)


I have updated the .6 i18n spec to include a  second multi-byte 
surrogate pair test for Windows users.

http://svn.osafoundation.org/docs/trunk/docs/specs/rel0_6/Internationalization-0.6.html 


-Brian


Brian Kirsch - Email Framework Engineer
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Brian Kirsch wrote:

> FYI,
> I also added the test case below to the .6 i18n spec under testing 
> process.
>
> http://svn.osafoundation.org/docs/trunk/docs/specs/rel0_6/Internationalization-0.6.html 
>
>
>
> Brian Kirsch - Email Framework Engineer
> Open Source Applications Foundation
> 543 Howard St. 5th Floor
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> (415) 946-3056
> http://www.osafoundation.org
>
>
>
> Brian Kirsch wrote:
>
>> Stearns asked me how to test multi-byte character input and display.
>>
>> Here is a good example:
>>
>> й-国際化-ü-ή-瑞查德
>>
>> This is a composite string containing muli-byte characters. For 
>> example the ü is a composite of two code points vowel + umlau that 
>> together make up one character.
>>
>>
>> Assuming your mail reader correctly displayed the above example do 
>> the following:
>>
>> Copy and paste the text in to a Chandler input area i.e. the name of 
>> a side bar collection or the title of a task.
>>
>> Then start playing with the string. For example insert a single byte 
>> character between two multi-byte characters:
>> 查x德.  Does it display correctly?
>>
>> Delete a multi-byte character in the middle of a phrase such as 
>> delete the 際 multi-byte character. Did the field remove only the 
>> character preserving the sentence order?
>>
>> Save the original text й-国際化-ü-ή-瑞查德 to the repository and 
>> restart Chandler. Does the text still correctly display?
>>
>> Delete the -ü-ή-瑞 characters, save the results in the repository and 
>> restart Chandler. Does the text correctly display?
>>
>>
>>
>> Theses are just a few tests to get things started. More examples and 
>> test cases to follow.
>>
>> Ken or Andrea (our i18n guru's) anything to add?
>>
>>
>> -Brian
>>
>>
>>
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