448737 - EUDC.TTE (End User Defined Character) cannot display correctly in FireFox 3.0/ 3.0.1

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Leung Yiu Pang]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

FireFox 3.0 or 3.0.1 cannot display "eudc.tte" (End User Defined Character) which is Big5 character, but I.E 6/7, FireFox 1.5 and 2.X can display it correctly. 

Even I have tried to set different locale BIG-5, BIG-5-HKSCS, EUC-TW, Firefox 3 still cannot display correct character. It should not be Windows XP locale setting problem since I have used the same setting for I.E6/7, Firefox 1.5 and 2.X, and these browsers can display the character correctly under BIG-5/BIG-5-HKSCS.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Google about "Creating End User Defined Character in windows XP", or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776435(VS.85).aspx to get idea of EUDC 
2. Once created your character, type your new character into testing HTML page
3. Open it with Firefox 2, or I.E 6, it should be able to display the character
4. Open it with Firefox 3, it cannot display the new character
Actual Results:  
1. Open it with Firefox 2, or I.E 6, it should be able to display the character
2. Open it with Firefox 3, it cannot display the new character

Expected Results:  
1. Open it with Firefox 2, or I.E 6, it should be able to display the character
2. Open it with Firefox 3, it can display the new character

Comment 1

[Leung Yiu Pang]

Attachment: I.E 6 can display EUDC correctly, while Firefox 3.0 cannot

Comment 2

[elliot]

Still repros under FireFox 3.5.1 on Win2k8, Win7.

Comment 3

[elliot]

Instructions for creating EUDC have changed from original comment.

New info can be found in such places as:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd317802(VS.85).aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=EUDC&spid=global&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20)

Or sample instructions are here:

Defining character glyphs:
1. Windows menu > Run > Type “eudcedit”
2. Launch “Select code point” dialog (e.g. defined on “f040”, then click OK
3. Draw glyph that you want
4. File > Font Links
5. Select appropriate “Type of Private Character font”, then click OK

Then make an HTML file with that codepoint (e.g. f040), and try to view it in the browser.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for Firefox General bugs filed against version 3.0 that are UNCO and have not been changed for 200 days.

Reporter, please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or alter. Firefox 3.0 is no longer supported and is no longer receiving updates. After you update, please create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/kb/managing+profiles, and test to see if your bug still exists. If you still the bug, then please post a comment with the version you tested against, and the problem. If the issue is no longer there, please set the RESOLUTION to  RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.