Add lang=DE|IT|JA package options (Feature #2)

Additionally, I would like JA (Japanese) support.
The following is the JA localized text.

\def\AMC@loc@JA{
  \def\AMC@loc@draft{ドラフト}
  \def\AMC@loc@message{試験の実施には、auto-mutiple-choiceでコンパイルされた文書を印刷してください。}
  \def\AMC@loc@qf##1{\textbf{問##1:}}
  \def\AMC@loc@q##1##2{\textbf{問##1} ##2}
  \def\AMC@loc@corrected{模範解答}
  \def\AMC@loc@catalog{問題カタログ}
  \def\AMC@loc@none{該当なし。}
}

Thanks.

In fact, latex environment for Japanese text is a little bit complicated.

Pdflatex does not handle Japanese text.
Xelatex does with some font settings in the preamble of the source and additional font installation, but it does not handle completely Japanese spacing and line breaking.
Usually, latex users in Japan use "platex" + dvipdfmx, which are distributed with TeXLive2011. Older version of platex is also used by some people, but it does not have \pdfsavepos feature and does not handle UTF-8 encoding.

Further, ghostscript does not handle PDF produced by dvipdfmx with standard font settings; Japanese fonts must be embedded in PDF.

For these reasons, in order to fully support Japanese text, some additional documentation for Japanese users will be required.

I am providing materials step by step from easier ones. The easiest one is the lang=JA option for automultiplechoice package. The second may be GUI translation. And so on...

Thank you for your explanation, and for your work. I include your patch as is.

Perhaps it could be also interesting (and not too difficult) to amend the AMC-TXT "filter" (available in development versions of AMC, see included documentation) to allow Japanese exams to be handled without LaTeX knowledge? If you think this is interesting and if you have a little time, look at a DOC-filtered.tex made by the AMC-TXT filter for an english exam and see if some little changes could make it usable for Japanese texts.

I tested AMC-TXT filter feature and looked in DOC-filtered.tex.
Then I found some slight modification made the feature available for Japanese exam.

• use "platex+dvipdfmx" instead of xelatex.
• xltxtra package must not be used.
• font option (\setmainfont) must not be used. ("Linux Libertine O" is implicitly specified by default)

• Can't I enter my favorite LaTeX engine in preferences window? I could do it with AMC-1.0.3.
• Changing source file format does not change source file name (extention). Is there any way to change source file name?

Also, I misspelled the program name in the Japanese text at \AMC@loc@message above.
Please correct "auto-mutiple-choice" to "auto-multiple-choice" in the latex package file.

Thank you for your help.

Can't I enter my favorite LaTeX engine in preferences window? I could do it with AMC-1.0.3.

• when using "Lang: JA" option, set the (default) engine to "platex+dvipdfmx" instead
• add an option LaTeXEngine: to overwrite if needed
• grey out the corresponding entry in the edit/preferences window

• xltxtra package must not be used.
• font option (\setmainfont) must not be used. ("Linux Libertine O" is implicitly specified by default)

I will remove these for JA exams (setting default Font: to empty for the second).

Changing source file format does not change source file name (extention). Is there any way to change source file name?

Since revision r927, the filename is changed only for new projects created with empty source file and in the case the file has not yet been edited. Maybe I should add a button to change the source file name...

Please correct "auto-mutiple-choice" to "auto-multiple-choice" in the latex package file.

Yes, thanks.

Could you post a Japanese AMC-TXT sample file so that I can make some tests?

Here is the sample.

# AMC-TXT file
Title: 試験タイトル（Paper title）
Lang: JA
Font:

* カメルーンの首都はどれですか？（Which is the capital city of Cameroon?）
+ ヤウンデ（Yaounde）
- ドゥアラ（Douala）
- クリビ（Kribi）

Thanks very much for the links. I installed a vanilla texlive 2011 in a debian virtual machine and now it works well... I will have to wait a little for the new package in experimental to enter unstable or testing.

So we can try the filter with Japanese exams starting from revision r934.

Revision r934 works very well for my AMC-TXT format exam
(except for graying out the latex engine entry).
Thank you!

(except for graying out the latex engine entry).

Yes I forgot this. It should be ok since revision r936.

Someone wrote on his blog that platex in Debian's stable packages was outdated but recently they updated experimental packages for TeXLive (with new platex)

New TeXlive packages are now available in debian testing, so that AMC is working with Japanese exams. That's great!