[Pidgin] #8917: entering/displaying chinese all stopped working (2.5.5 on XPSP3)

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#8917: entering/displaying chinese all stopped working (2.5.5 on XPSP3)
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 Reporter:  craigh                           |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect                           |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:                                   |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.5                            |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  chinese language support broken  |  
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Changes (by darkrain42):

  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 I think it's probable a GTK change (or theme change) changed the default
 document and conversation font in Pidgin to one which can't handle Chinese
 glyphs.

 The comments on #604 contain a number of possible workarounds for this.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8917#comment:9>
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