Patch name: japanese55.mep
Timestamp:  2017-04-19 17:59
Requires:   
- MetaEdit+ 5.5 (Build 25 or later)
- OS locale set to Japanese before starting MetaEdit+

Documentation:
* Allows inline input of Japanese characters
* Uses Microsoft's fonts supporting Japanese characters
* Allows Japanese characters in calls to shell commands
* NB 5.5 already contains the Japanese encodings, 
  listed here with the names to use in the encoding clause in generators:
  - JIS ('jis' or 'iso-2022-jp')
  - ShiftJIS ('shiftjis' and platform variants 'ms_cp_932' and 'hp15_jp')
  - EUC ('euc-jp')

To use: 
Place the file japanese55.mep in a 'patches' subdirectory of your MetaEdit+ 
working directory, e.g. Documents\MetaEdit+ 5.5\patches, and check the 
target in your MetaEdit+ shortcut properties includes 'fileInPatches', e.g.

"C:\Program Files\MetaEdit+ 5.5 Evaluation\mep55eval.exe" fileInPatches
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On Windows, the "Language for non-Unicode programs" must also be set
to Japanese to enable inline input of Japanese characters 
(Control Panel | Regional and Language Options | Advanced page). 
Changing the OS settings after MetaEdit+ has started has no effect.

Version history
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2016-12-22 20:30
* Original version for 5.5

2017-04-19 17:59
* Correction: Error dialog 'bad argument 2' when trying to write a PNG to a filename with wide characters in its name, e.g. Japanese kanji, with Cairo enabled. 
* Correction: Normal execution of external programs on Windows opened a DOS box for a fraction of a second before executing the requested program.