bug#42618: epiphany does not display Chinese

[Leo Prikler]

What happens if you symlink ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts to ~/.fonts and
completely restart your browser?

Am Sonntag, den 02.08.2020, 22:10 +0800 schrieb Wensheng Xie:
> I had tried that for all possibility, and none had worked.
> 
> This is so strange.
> 
> 
> On 2020/8/2 下午10:06, Leo Prikler wrote:
> > I'm not quite sure how it's called in your language, but you can
> > set an
> > encoding using the fifth button from below in the main menu.
> > 
> > Am Sonntag, den 02.08.2020, 22:02 +0800 schrieb Wensheng Xie:
> > > Thank you, Leo.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What's the way to force Epiphany to use another locale for web?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > best regards,
> > > 
> > > wxie
> > > 
> > > On 2020/8/2 下午6:05, Leo Prikler wrote:
> > > > I'm not sure whether the warnings generated are related to the
> > > > behaviour you're experiencing.  There is a way of forcing
> > > > Epiphany
> > > > to
> > > > use another locale for a website, so perhaps you can try that.
> > > > 
> > > > In relation to displaying text correctly, I already reported
> > > > 41174
> > > > and
> > > > have not noticed it being fixed since.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Leo
> > > > 
> > > > Full quote for ML readers:
> > > > > Using guix 1.1.0
> > > > > 
> > > > > guix (GNU Guix) 2621c6a9ea726cd57c39317329575b7b9fdd7b96
> > > > > 
> > > > > error:
> > > > > @guix ~$ epiphany
> > > > > 
> > > > > ** (epiphany:1968): CRITICAL **: 20:43:43.285: void
> > > > > webkit_web_context_register_uri_scheme(WebKitWebContext*,
> > > > > const
> > > > > char*,
> > > > > WebKitURISchemeRequestCallback, gpointer, GDestroyNotify):
> > > > > assertion
> > > > > 'g_ascii_strcasecmp(scheme, "ftp") != 0' failed
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.107: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.117: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.458: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.573: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.848: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:45.915: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (process:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:43:46.093: Locale not
> > > > > supported
> > > > > by C
> > > > > library.
> > > > >           Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > > > > 
> > > > > =======
> > > > > using nyxt browser, the Chinese is displayed correctly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > How can I fix this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > best regards,
> > > > > wxie