Japanese characters can not be displayed on some of Swing componets
with Merlin beta-b20, tested with on soalris 7 x86, solaris7 sparc, winNT, win98 and win95.

This phenomenon occurs in the cases below;

1. With Metal/Motif/Windows L&F
JList

2. With Motif/Windows L&F (with Metal Japanese characters are displayed properly)
JRadioButton
JTree
JCheckBox
BorderFactory

3. With Metal L&F (with Motif/Windows L&F Japanese characters are displayed properly)
DebugGraphics


Test cases for JTree, DebugGraphics, JCheckBox and JList are attached (swing.zip).
To reproduce,

1. Extract swing.zip
2. Compile all java source files.
3. Run the cases below;
JTreeTest
JCheckBoxTest
DebugGrapicsTest
JListTest
4. Change L&F accrding to the description above to reproduce the problem.


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To reproduce,

1. Launch SwingSet2 Demo on Windows Japanese. (jdk1.4/demo/jfc/SwingSet2/SwingSet2.jar)
2. Click JColorChooserDemo
3. Select Windows Look&Feel
4. Click Background Button and color choose window appars.
Then you can see Japanese characters are not displayed.

miki.tokunaga@japan 2000-07-21

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Tested with merlin beta-28, the problem is not seen in Metal and Motif L&F.
It is seen in only in Windows L&F.

miki.tokunaga@japan 2000-08-30
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