[Scribus] ISO 8859-2 Issues

[Maciej Hanski]

  Let us address some ISO 8859-2 issues which are crucial for those of 
us who work with Polish, Tschech  or Hungarian texts. I compiled Scribus 
0.9.8 on three Linux systems: Mandrake 9.0,  SuSE  7.3 (with KDE 2.2.2 
and QT 3.0.4) and Knoppix 3.1 (Knoppix hard disk installation equals 
more or less Debian Sid). (I've made screen shots of all 3 tests, they 
are to big to be posted here, though)

1. Mandrake 9.0:

    * With LANG set to "pl_PL" it is impossible to input Polish
      characters into a text field directly from keyboard. Instead of a
      Polish sign, an ISO 8859-1 sign shows up (e.g. ?  instead of
      Polish "l stroke")
    * Astonishingly, it is possible to insert Polish characters with
      "Insert special", not only with the mouse , but also from keyboard
    * Poor kerning of ISO 8859-2 fonts, immence distance after Polish "l
      stroke"

2. SuSE 7.3:

    * With LANG=pl_PL.ISO-8859-2 there are no problems while  typing
      Polish characters in the text field
    * Kerning is good (at least during this very swift test)
    * Poor export to PDF: Polish characters are substituted with
      question marks.

3. Knoppix 3.1:

    * With LANG set to "pl_PL" it is impossible to input Polish
      characters into a text field directly from keyboard. Instead of a
      Polish sign, an ISO 8859-1 sign shows up (e.g. ?  instead of
      Polish "l stroke")
    * It is possible to insert Polish characters with "Insert special",
      not only with the mouse , but also from keyboard
    * Kerning seems to be OK
    * Poor export to PDF: some Polish characters (e.g. "eogonek") simply
      disappear

It would be interesting to know, how our "brothers in ISO 8859-2" manage 
these problems - there are some Tschech and Hungarian names on the list.

Greetings / Gr??e / Pozdrowienia
Maciej Hanski

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