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Bug 193309 - Program displays garbled letters on screen
Summary: Program displays garbled letters on screen
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: PC Windows 7 x64
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: David Strupl
URL:
Keywords: I18N
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-12-12 23:11 UTC by detectivekid
Modified: 2010-12-22 08:24 UTC (History)
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Description detectivekid 2010-12-12 23:11:32 UTC 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 (Build 201007282301)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_22
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 17.1-b03


Hi,

I am a beginner programmer trying to learn Java, but when I installed NetBeans the entire IDE produces garbled letters (ie. all the letters I type don't correspond to the ones on the keyboard) for all of my Java applications. For example I tried to type "/" but instead it produces "," Therefore I cannot use this product at all! Also my computer system is set to Chinese, so that the entire IDE is in Chinese, but the start up screen shows garbled chinese letters as well!! Is this a bug in the software, so is this an issue with encoding? If it's the encoding problem, how do I change it? Many thanks in advace.
Comment 1 David Strupl 2010-12-21 09:43:43 UTC 
There seems to be a problem with your locale settings. Please make sure you find a help on setting the correct locale.

Please check for example this blog post for help:

http://blogs.sun.com/tao/entry/set_netbeans_user_interface_language
Comment 2 detectivekid 2010-12-22 08:24:58 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> There seems to be a problem with your locale settings. Please make sure you
> find a help on setting the correct locale.
> 
> Please check for example this blog post for help:
> 
> http://blogs.sun.com/tao/entry/set_netbeans_user_interface_language


Hi there,

I followed your link and did the first method, the language was changed to English but the letters are still messed up. I don't know how I can be more explicit than that. Whatever I type into the editor, for example "g" it will come up as a different letter (for example "y") in the editor. When I open a new project, the words that are already there by default are all garbled as well. All of the "///" for commenting has been changed to ",,," for some unknown reason. 

I also tried the second method but my computer won't allow me to change the .conf file where I change the command. Please help! but thanks for your help!