80473y3 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 i'm trying to display my whole os in japanese (currently learning it so i want as much exposure as i can get) and i downloaded the japanese language pack, so i can type in 日本語, and some apps will show in japanese like iTunes, but whenever a message box comes up that's supposed to be in japanese, or if i play a Japaneses import game on my comp, i get nonsensical characters.here's an example from a japanese import game i haveas you can see, the game text window, shows gibberish, but the menubar shows japanese just fine. it is like this in all my apps that are in japanese; just replace the game's text box with a message/dialog box. it was also like this during the install. but EVERYTHING was either nonsensical or a string of "???????????..." HALP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Pat Willener is expert in Japanese, being based in Japan, and is around here very often. I'm pretty sure he will be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Welcome to the Windows Forum.Don't we just hate mojibake!Assuming that you run Windows XP, open Control Panel | Regional and Language Options, tab Advanced. The top section 'Language for non-Unicode programs'; if it's not Japanese, then set it to Japanese. You may have to reboot after this.If it is already set to Japanese, then we will have to look further.[Edit] forgot "Regional and Language Options" above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80473y3 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Welcome to the Windows Forum.Don't we just hate mojibake!Assuming that you run Windows XP, open Control Panel | Regional and Language Options, tab Advanced. The top section 'Language for non-Unicode programs'; if it's not Japanese, then set it to Japanese. You may have to reboot after this.If it is already set to Japanese, then we will have to look further.[Edit] forgot "Regional and Language Options" above.もじばけは大きらいですよ！holy krawp that was fast! i thought i would have to wait longer @ this time of day/night. and i'm just about to restart. love the sig BTW pat and ur one of my new heroes for being based in japan!edit: it worked! どうもありがとう！*コク**コク* this will probably be one of my few posts ever on this forum, cuz i just needed help if that's alright w/ you guys. THANKS AGAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 どういたしまして！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80473y3 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 どういたしまして！ごめんあさい！ 1 more thing:i don't think it's a big deal, but now all of my file paths have the yen sign (￥) where a backslash (\) should be @. should i worry, or is there a way to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 There we are - truly international. I knew Pat could help! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Ah - the ￥ in file paths... this is a truly historic problem, but nothing to worry about. Let me explain.First, if you look at Japanese Windows, you will see all file paths as ￥ signs. Nobody worries about that - in fact, I think most Japanese Windows users would be worried if they suddenly would see a backslash instead of the good old yen sign.This originated from a time when a byte on ASCII systems (such as MS-DOS) consisted only of 7 bits, and the maximum numbers (or characters) it could hold was limited to 128. But all 128 positions were already occupied when the first ASCII system made it to Japan. But they did want the ￥ in their character set, so someone had to choose which sign should be replaced in the Japanese JISCII table, and the victim was the backslash.This could have been corrected when the extended 256-bit ASCII code was introduced, where the ￥ sign has its proper position (0xA5), but it seems that nobody has bothered. So on today's ASCII systems (Windows, etc.) we have two ￥ signs in Japan: 0x5C = \ = ￥, and 0xA5 = ￥.So now that your system interprets "Japanese" characters properly as Japanese, you will have to live with the ￥ sign in your file paths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80473y3 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Ah - the ￥ in file paths... this is a truly historic problem, but nothing to worry about. Let me explain.First, if you look at Japanese Windows, you will see all file paths as ￥ signs. Nobody worries about that - in fact, I think most Japanese Windows users would be worried if they suddenly would see a backslash instead of the good old yen sign.This originated from a time when a byte on ASCII systems (such as MS-DOS) consisted only of 7 bits, and the maximum numbers (or characters) it could hold was limited to 128. But all 128 positions were already occupied when the first ASCII system made it to Japan. But they did want the ￥ in their character set, so someone had to choose which sign should be replaced in the Japanese JISCII table, and the victim was the backslash.This could have been corrected when the extended 256-bit ASCII code was introduced, where the ￥ sign has its proper position (0xA5), but it seems that nobody has bothered. So on today's ASCII systems (Windows, etc.) we have two ￥ signs in Japan: 0x5C = \ = ￥, and 0xA5 = ￥.So now that your system interprets "Japanese" characters properly as Japanese, you will have to live with the ￥ sign in your file paths.so it's just cosmetic and programs that normally can't read japanese can now read it? or can they just read the yen sign fine?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 It's just a display thing; it won't make any difference to programs - 0x5C is still 0x5C, whether you see it as \ or ￥. If it doesn't trouble you, then everything is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80473y3 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 It's just a display thing; it won't make any difference to programs - 0x5C is still 0x5C, whether you see it as \ or ￥. If it doesn't trouble you, then everything is fine.kool, kool thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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