Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes

Localization Bugs

Arabic 16-Bit Proportional Fonts Clip Characters (4167851)

If you use Arabic 16-bit proportional fonts in the Solaris 7 operating environment, the characters are only partially displayed on the screen.

Workaround: Only use monospace fonts.

Static Desktop Text Is Not Enabled For Complex Text Layout (4170194)

Static text, such as icon text and Workspace panel text, has not been enabled for Complex Text Layout. Therefore, the Arabic and Hebrew translations of English static text do not display correctly.

OW Is Not Supported As a Desktop Option In Some Locales

OW is not supported as a desktop option in the following locales and partial locales:

Table 3-1 Desktop Options Not Supported

Desktop Option 

Name of Country 

en_GB.ISO8859-15

Britain 

de.ISO8859-15

Germany 

fr.ISO8859-15

France 

it.ISO8859-15

Italy 

es.ISO8859-15

Spain 

sv.ISO8859-15

Sweden 

da.ISO8859-15

Denmark 

de_AT.ISO8859-15

Austria 

en_IE.ISO8859-15

Ireland 

pt.ISO8859-15

Portugal 

nl_BE.ISO8859-15

Belgium 

nl.ISO8859-15

Netherlands 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

Belgium 

fi.ISO8859-15

Finland 

el_EURO

Greece 

th

Thailand 

th_TH

Thailand 

he

Israel 

ar

Egypt 

de.UTF-8

Germany 

fr.UTF-8

France 

it.UTF-8

Italy 

es.UTF-8

Spain 

sv.UTF-8

Sweden 

en_EU.UTF-8

Europe 

ja_JP.UTF-8

Japan 

ja_JP.PCK

Japan 

ko.UTF-8

Korea 

zh.GBK

PRC 

zh_TW.BIG5

Taiwan