Ok, So I really don't know anything about how screen savers work. I would really like to try out the matrix screensaver nestor posted with all those kanji. how do I adjust the size, speed and other things? Then how to I add it to my computer to allow it to show up in my options to choose from in the control panel? I downloaded the file but all I'm getting is the matrix feed with random numbers and letters. it looks cool, but it's not the kanji! I'm really a n00b so sorry if this infuriates you guys Thank in advance!

First, download the .scr file and drag it into your C:\Windows folder.
Then go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and personalisation > Change screen saver. Choose the new screen saver from the drop-down list, then press 'settings' on the right. You can enter all the choices there. If you don't understand what goes where from the descriptions, just try a few combinations and 'preview' them each time so you can choose your favourite settings.

Or you can drag it to the Windows folder, right-click the desktop, select 'Properties', 'Screen Saver' tab then do the drop-down selection/settings thing.

Wow! cool idea, And thanks, Nest0r.

I had to right click and select 'install' on the .scr file once it was in the windows folder before it would show up in screen saver list.

Great idea btw!

nest0r Wrote:Or you can drag it to the Windows folder, right-click the desktop, select 'Properties', 'Screen Saver' tab then do the drop-down selection/settings thing.

Hmm...I've pasted the characters into the CharacterSet box - it works great in preview mode, but when I let it kick in as a screensaver, I only get alphanumeric characters, not kanji. Anyone else seeing this problem?

Perhaps the font you've chosen doesn't have eastern characters. Try setting the font to arial.

fugu68 Wrote:

nest0r Wrote:Or you can drag it to the Windows folder, right-click the desktop, select 'Properties', 'Screen Saver' tab then do the drop-down selection/settings thing.

Hmm...I've pasted the characters into the CharacterSet box - it works great in preview mode, but when I let it kick in as a screensaver, I only get alphanumeric characters, not kanji. Anyone else seeing this problem?

Nope! That's weird that it works in Preview mode only. Maybe it's the font like Blahah suggested, or maybe somehow the characters got converted to a different encoding (Unicode/Ascii) in the process of copy/pasting into 'characterset', or maybe try a different amount of kanji to see if it's memory-related?

Does it work with kana? Such as: アイウエオカキクケコサシスセソタチツテトナニヌネノマミムメモハヒフヘホヤユヨラリルレロワヲン

Perhaps it's a system locale issue? Under region and language, "Current language for non-Unicode programs" or whatever the similar option is for your version of windows.

Just a stab in the dark.

thanks for the responses, I'll try this when I get home from work!

nest0r Wrote:Does it work with kana? Such as: アイウエオカキクケコサシスセソタチツテトナニヌネノマミムメモハヒフヘホヤユヨラリルレロワヲン

Same behaviour - i.e. it works in preview mode, but not when it starts automatically. However, I think it is ignoring the other custom settings too - e.g. multi-colored (which again works in preview).

I'm using Vista, with locale set to English(US).

I'll drop the author an email, to see if he has any ideas.

Do you have the latest .net framework thingy?

Vista has always sounded like a real pain to me, I'm still using XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...laylang=en

Edit: Maybe it's something to do with ntuser.dat or something? Maybe that stuff works different with Vista.

Thanks for the suggestions; the latest .net framework didn't help, unfortunately.

However, I've just tried the previous version:
http://code.google.com/p/thefzjmatrix/do...cr&can=2&q=

That one works as expected, so perhaps there is a bug in the Beta7 version. I'll email the developers with this info.

You really shouldn't be on Vista, AKA Windows 7 Beta

fugu68 Wrote:Thanks for the suggestions; the latest .net framework didn't help, unfortunately.

However, I've just tried the previous version:
http://code.google.com/p/thefzjmatrix/do...cr&can=2&q=

That one works as expected, so perhaps there is a bug in the Beta7 version. I'll email the developers with this info.

Cool. Although, it's kind of funny that you waited this long to try a previous version. ;p

fugu68 Wrote:

nest0r Wrote:Or you can drag it to the Windows folder, right-click the desktop, select 'Properties', 'Screen Saver' tab then do the drop-down selection/settings thing.

Hmm...I've pasted the characters into the CharacterSet box - it works great in preview mode, but when I let it kick in as a screensaver, I only get alphanumeric characters, not kanji. Anyone else seeing this problem?

Exactly the same problem, I´m using win7. Changing the font to Arial doesn´t help either. and old version doenst work too. Ugh ...screw it

For me, the latest version works perfectly, but the older versions crash.

Hi guys.

You don´t have to re-invent the wheel to have a fantastic Kanji Screensaver for learners.

Take a look at this program (one of the best ever) originally written by Giles Payne a looooong time ago. I´ve been using (and recomending) it for many years.

Kanji Screen Saver from http://japan-diary.com/kanji/KanjiScreenSaver.zip , based on Jim Breen´s Kanji info data file.


Enjoy,

Tom

tomhogers Wrote:Hi guys.

You don´t have to re-invent the wheel to have a fantastic Kanji Screensaver for learners.

Take a look at this program (one of the best ever) originally written by Giles Payne a looooong time ago. I´ve been using (and recomending) it for many years.

Kanji Screen Saver from http://japan-diary.com/kanji/KanjiScreenSaver.zip , based on Jim Breen´s Kanji info data file.


Enjoy,

Tom

Looks like a nice screensaver for learners who want this sort of thing. (I say that last bit as I just participated in the thread because I liked the idea of kanji as Matrix code, purely cosmetic. ;p)

For anyone who is curious before testing it out (readme), it's a black screen that displays the kanji in white in a white box, customizable by font, and gives you the readings and a meaning. It displays kanji for several seconds, one at a time, and you can display kanji by 'grade', I guess that's a JLPT thing?

nest0r Wrote:For me, the latest version works perfectly, but the older versions crash.

For me, version 6 crashed just once: the very first time I tried to change the settings. Since then, it was worked perfectly.

fugu68 Wrote:

nest0r Wrote:For me, the latest version works perfectly, but the older versions crash.

For me, version 6 crashed just once: the very first time I tried to change the settings. Since then, it was worked perfectly.

Oh yeah? Well my version's newer.

I made one for windows last year for myself.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2htfby

You have to use Windows Picture Screenshow (also called "Photo) to point it to the directory where all the slices are kept though:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7147/ciku.jpg

It was made from a png I copied off of wiki and then lazily sliced up and rescaled in photoshop.

One of the games I used to play with it was to blurt out as many readings or words I knew that contained a certain kanji when it flashed on the screen. Since I was going for JLPT1 at the time I didn't have any trouble looking up kanji I didn't know, which was about a quarter of them.


Like in the original wiki picture, everyday kanji are red.

ocircle Wrote:I made one for windows last year for myself.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2htfby

You have to use Windows Picture Screenshow (also called "Photo) to point it to the directory where all the slices are kept though:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7147/ciku.jpg

It was made from a png I copied off of wiki and then lazily sliced up and rescaled in photoshop.

One of the games I used to play with it was to blurt out as many readings or words I knew that contained a certain kanji when it flashed on the screen. Since I was going for JLPT1 at the time I didn't have any trouble looking up kanji I didn't know, which was about a quarter of them.


Like in the original wiki picture, everyday kanji are red.

It looks very nice, but when enlarged the quality is really bad. Is there any way I can fix it?

Not sure if one of you guys has mentioned this, or if this is what you're looking for, but I have this as my current screensaver: http://www.alienweapon.com/Kotoba.html

Ok i tried this program, its very good, but only the kanji appear too short! how can i adjust it so that it stays for several minutes for example?

nest0r Wrote:

tomhogers Wrote:Hi guys.

You don´t have to re-invent the wheel to have a fantastic Kanji Screensaver for learners.

Take a look at this program (one of the best ever) originally written by Giles Payne a looooong time ago. I´ve been using (and recomending) it for many years.

Kanji Screen Saver from http://japan-diary.com/kanji/KanjiScreenSaver.zip , based on Jim Breen´s Kanji info data file.


Enjoy,

Tom

Looks like a nice screensaver for learners who want this sort of thing. (I say that last bit as I just participated in the thread because I liked the idea of kanji as Matrix code, purely cosmetic. ;p)

For anyone who is curious before testing it out (readme), it's a black screen that displays the kanji in white in a white box, customizable by font, and gives you the readings and a meaning. It displays kanji for several seconds, one at a time, and you can display kanji by 'grade', I guess that's a JLPT thing?