Add a text encoding plugin

Use this procedure to add support for a new encoding in a Genero Studio client-server configuration.

Before you begin, the preferred encoding must be installed on the Linux™ system.

The example shows how to configure a new encoding, using IBM852 as an example. The Genero Studio client runs on a Windows™ 7 Ultimate 64-bit platform using English with the CP1252 character set (Western European languages). The Genero Studio server runs on enterprise Linux™ using English with the UTF-8 character set.

Locate the IBM852 charmap on the internet or Linux system.

Figure: Unix ls command showing the compressed IBM852 character map
Copy the uncompressed charmap to the GSTDIR/conf/charmaps directory on both client and server . Create the charmaps directory if it does not already exist.

Figure: Uncompressing and copying the charmap to the Genero Studio charmaps directory
Create a new entry for the encoding in GSTDIR/conf/encodingMap.xml on both client and server.

Figure: Adding the IBM852 alias to the encodingMap.xml file
Open Genero Studio on the client, and select Tools > Preferences > General. Check to see if the new plugin displays in the list of encodings.
If the plugin is not present in the Text Encoding list, check the following:
- Did you copy the charmap to the Genero Studio charmaps directory on both client and server?
- Is the charmap a valid POSIX2 charmap?
Figure: New text encoding plugin displayed in Text Encoding list.