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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 Kermit and Japanese
Date: 1 Jul 1995 18:20:54 GMT
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In article <3t3gi7$8k@hippo.shef.ac.uk>,
Earl H. Kinmonth <cck@kuso.shef.ac.uk> wrote:
:Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
:: In article <DAx91u.6JD@ariel.cs.yorku.ca>,
:: ARCHIMEDES L TRAJANO <cs932070@ariel.cs.yorku.ca> wrote:
:: >I was wondering what I have to do to make Kermit for OS/2 support
:: >ISO-2022-JP.
:
:: Write the supporting code?
:
:: OS/2 C-Kermit does not yet support Japanese Kanji. Although we
:: know how to translate among the various Kanji character sets, and
:: do so in the file transfer process -- and, in MS-DOS Kermit, also
:: during terminal emulation -- we do not have sufficient information
:: or expertise to do this for OS/2.
:
:: Anybody who would like to help out is most welcome to send e-mail
:: to kermit@columbia.edu.
:
:Perhaps I'm naive, but putting Japanese on the screen should be
:no more than a question of making the proper system call for a
:screen write....
:
And installing all the hooks for translation among Shift JIS,
JIS X 0208, EUC, DEC Kanji, Kanji-7, etc. But yes, this requires source
code changes and testing. Currently we do not have the required tools
nor a testbed. Ideally we would like to find an OS/2 C programmer who
speaks and writes Japanese (and English :-).
:As an interim measure, you can do what I do: make a "DOS/V" boot disk
:and use the OS/2 "dos from drive a" option to start a Japanese session.
:Then, run kermit 3.14 in this dos session. I do this regularly to
:access the Nikkei telecom data base (bastardized old jis). The only
:problem I've noticed is that OS/2 has a bit of trouble handling 38,400
:baud with Japanese.
:
Right - like I said, and as is explained in the latest Kermit News
issue, MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 is fully Kanji capable.
:The specific "DOS/V" that I use is IBM PC-DOS/V 6.3 but most
:other variants should work.
- Frank