COMPOUND_TEXT charset is missing on JDK11
Ichiroh Takiguchi
takiguc at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Jun 22 11:13:30 UTC 2018
Thanks Alan.
Now we can use OpenJDK JDK11 GUI feature on IBM AIX's CJK locales.
And AIX's desktop is still CDE/Motif...
We may need COMPOUND_TEXT charset for clipboard and DnD feature against
CDE/Motif.
To 2d-dev:
Could you reconsider about COMPOUND_TEXT charset ?
Thanks,
Ichiroh Takiguchi
IBM Japan, Ltd.
On 2018-06-22 16:14, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 22/06/2018 06:47, Ichiroh Takiguchi wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> JDK8 Linux build has COMPOUND_TEXT charset, but it seems it's missing
>> on JDK11 Linux build.
>> I checked Bug DB, I could not find out the reason why COMPOUND_TEXT
>> charset was missing.
> This was removed more than 3 years ago during JDK 9 development as
> part of separating the desktop area into its own module. It was
> removed, along with X11 charsets as part of JDK-8035302. Much of the
> need for these charsets was legacy at that point, esp. with Motif
> going away. Is the context for your question something in the font or
> postscript printing areas? This may be something that needs to be
> brought up on 2d-dev.
>
> -Alan
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