coding problem with babel.el (babelfish interface)
Hello
I have a problem with the babel package. This package allows to use
online translators, such as Google[1], Babelfish and
others. The problem I encounter happens with the babelish
(yahoo) service. It is a coding problem, since there is *no*
problem if the text of language A and B contains only ASCII.
Now I have to say that there is no problem whatsoever using
GNU emacs. However using Xemacs-21.5.31 (Mule)[2] I
encounter two problems. That is why I write to the list and
CC the author of the package.
- The word of language A contains only ascii symbols,
but the translated word does not. In that case the
word seems to contain a UTF-8 however the symbol is
surrounded by a green box and when I put the cursor
on it to use
what-cursor-position I obtain
Char: � (U+2000C9 jit-ucs-charset-0 34 121) point=1065 of 1310(81%) column 1
while when I use it on É (which I typed in a xemacs buffer) I obtain
Char: É (U+00C9 latin-iso8859-1 73) point=1071 of 1320(81%) column 1
I have just insert such a word in the message, I am not
sure it will be send correctly.
�gal
- the next problem is more severe. If a word of
language A contains a no ascii symbol (and I use
,----
| `buffer-file-coding-system' is a built-in buffer-local variable.
| -- loaded from "/home/oub/xemacs/init/xemacs_init.el"
|
| Value: utf-8-unix
`----
there are two possibilities:
- the word Égal with
Char: É (U+00C9 latin-iso8859-1 73) point=1071 of 1320(81%)
column 1
Gets translated (French to German) to � � gal
- While
�gal
With
Char: � (U+2000C9 jit-ucs-charset-0 34 121) point=1065 of 1310(81%) column 1
gets translated to
Entsprech
<P>
So I am puzzled. Any comments? Should I use a different
coding system?
Uwe Brauer
Footnotes:
[1] the google interface, gave some problem with the
correct coding in the past, but it is currently
desactivated since google again changed its protocol.
[2] the UTF-8 support of 21.4 via UCS is not sufficient.
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