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To get pIqaD to work in Pidgin on Windows you have to do the following (after installing the Windows pIqaD package):

Create a file called pango.aliases in c:\program files\pidgin\GTK\etc\pango (32-bit Windows) or c:\program files(x86)\pidgin\GTK\etc\pango\ (64-bit Windows)

Put this in that file:

“sans” = “sans,meiryo,malgun gothic,microsoft jhenghei,microsoft yahei,gisha,leelawadee,pIqaD”

Save the file and restart pidgin. You should now be able to see and write in pIqaD over any protocol that supports UTF-8.

If “sans” is not your current theme font, you can either change “sans” in the above line to whatever font you use (make sure you change it in both places), or you can change your font in Pidgin to “Sans Normal” (it’s under Tools/Preferences/Conversations/Font, uncheck “Use font from theme” and select “Sans Normal” from the “Conversation font” popup window).

Note: The list of fonts above should enable pidgin to show all unicode characters. If you get any unicode characters that aren’t showing properly (if they show little boxes with 4 letters and/or numbers in them) then another font needs to be added to the list. Comment on this blog post with the characters and the language they are from and I’ll try and find the font that needs to be added to the list.

UPDATE: If you have Unicode characters you want added to the font, send me a font that has those characters in the correct places and I’ll add them. There’s no guarantee it will work as expected though.

So you have an HP TouchPad and you want to read both Hebrew and Klingon pIqaD, but neither is supported by default on the device. There is a Hebrew font you can download (http://www.palmpreacher.com/?p=3100) and I have pIqaD font that can be installed, but there’s an issue if you want both: They both modify the same font file!

After a little bit of magic, I managed to combine the Hebrew characters from PalmPreachers font with my font that supports pIqaD to create a single file to support both.

Edit: The font has been uploaded to Preware for easier installs. Search for pIqaD/Hebrew Font. You can still follow the instructions below if you don’t use Preware.

Edit2: Here’s a link to download the ipk which can be installed using WebOSQuickInstall.

Edit3: I’ve added Malayalam support to the latest font and it is available on Preware.

To install the font manually, download the IPK above and just follow these instructions:

1. Turn on Developer mode.

2. Install webOS Quick Install

3. Start webOS Quick Install.

4. Click the green +

5. Browse to the IPK and select it

6. Click install

7. Reboot your device

This font has been tested on both the HP TouchPad and the Pre2, but it should work on any device that is running webOS 2.1 or greater.

Also, I want to say thanks to Seth, for helping me test the font, and PalmPreacher, for his install instructions which are much better than mine.

The Warrior Life Counter is an app for tracking your life for various games. It was originally designed for use while playing Magic The Gathering, but it can be used with any game.

The triangle buttons can be used to increase or decrease your life total, while the menu can be used to reset your life back to 20. Tapping the “You are dead” message will also reset your life.

Many brave warriors died glorious deaths to help create and test this app. Remember them when you cast that 20 point fireball!

Phasruptor is a phaser/disruptor app that puts both weapons into the Palm of your hand. Weapons can be switched using the menu. The Phaser has multiple settings based it’s power level, while the disruptor has only two settings: disrupt and disintegrate!

Both weapons have been fully tested on multiple targets. No Terrans or Klingons were hurt during the making of this app, but a few Ferengi suffered “minor” burns.

Qapla’!

Do you develop apps for webOS using Ares?

Do you wish you could easily switch tlhIngan Hol text to pIqaD?

Then download this simple javascript library that allows you to easily convert romanized tlhIngan Hol to pIqaD.

Simply copy the included javascript file to the root of your Palm Ares app. Then add a line to sources.json that tells the app to load the file. Once the file is installed you can easily create a new copy of the pIqaDClass and start converting:

this.pIqaD = new pIqaDClass();
str = “tlhIngan Hol”;
pIqaDstr = this.pIqaD.convert(str);

Download here!