#include space
.SH Display of characters and numbers
.LP
\fBHow can I render a proper less-than-or-equal-to symbol, Portugese
characters, or other special symbols?\fR
.IP
This is now described
#set FILE = "fonts.html"
#set TAG = here
#include link



#include space
.LP
\fBWhat about support for UNICODE, BIG-5, etc.\fR
.IP
Sorry, ploticus was designed only to accomodate 8 bit wide characters.



#include space
.LP
\fBI would like dates to use the German month abbreviations rather
than the English.\fR
.IP
This is possible.  See
#set FILE = "settings.html"
#set TAG = "proc settings"
#include link
or
#set FILE = "config.html"
#set TAG = "config files."
#include link



#include space
.LP
\fBIs there any way to get thousands separators so that large numbers are 
more readable e.g. 3,024,582? \fR
.IP
Yes, see
#set FILE = "settings.html"
#set TAG = "proc settings"
#include link
or
#set FILE = "config.html"
#set TAG = "config files."
#include link


#include space
.LP
\fBIs there a way to get European-style display of numbers, eg. comma used as
the decimal point, and period (.) used as the thousands separator?\fR
.IP
Yes, see
#set FILE = "settings.html"
#set TAG = "proc settings"
#include link
or
#set FILE = "config.html"
#set TAG = "config files."
#include link


#include space
.LP
\fBWhy isn't vertical text displayed properly on X11?\fR
.IP
Ploticus doesn't store its own fonts or have its own 
font system; rather it uses fonts that are native to the various graphics platforms
or drivers.  X11 does not support vertical fonts (at least it didn't seem to
when I wrote the X11 code several years ago).  PostScript and PNG/GIF do support 
vertical fonts.


#include space
.LP
\fBIf I had one feature request for ploticus it would be
support for setting text at angles other than 0 and 90.\fR
.IP 
This could be done for postscript rendering easily enough
but would be difficult in X11 and PNG/GIF, since the underlying
libraries do not support angled fonts.

