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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About JList ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
JList is a program to display text files which contain japanese characters
(Kana and Kanji). To load a file, either specify the file's name on the command
line or use the Open choice in the File menu.
Related information:
Supported file formats
Choosing a kanji font
Planed features
License
Acknowledgments
Contacting the author
Known bugs
History
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Supported File Formats ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
JList supports files in the following formats:
o ASCII
o Old-JIS
o New-JIS
o NEC-JIS
o Shift-JIS
o EUC
When a file is opened, JList tries to detect the format. If none of the
supported japanese formats is found, the file is treated as an ASCII file.
If this automatic detection failes (this especially can happen with Shift-JIS
and EUC files), you have to set the format explicitly.
Related information:
Setting the file format
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Choosing the Kanji Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To display the japanese characters a kanji font is needed. JList supports the
fonts that come with the free japanese word processor JWP by Stephen Chung. JWP
comes with 16x16, 24x24 and 48x48 fonts.
Packaged with JList is only the 16x16 font, which should be suitable for common
display resolutions. If you nevertheless want to use one of the bigger fonts,
you have to get JWP and use the ones provided with it.
To select the font that should be used for display, use the choice Fonts in the
Options menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Planed Features ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This version of JList is more or less a test release. Currently it lacks many
features i would like to see in this program.
Things i plan to add:
o Printing
o Search function
o Interface to EDICT
o Better integration into the Workplace Shell
This is in order of my personal priority. Please feel free to mail additional
features you would like to see to me. The same applies of course to bug reports
and comments in general.
Related information:
Contacting the author
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. License ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
JList is Copyright (C) 1994 by Martin Thierer. All rights reserved.
JList is Freeware. If you want to use it, you have to agree to the following
conditions:
o You may use JList free of charge.
o You may copy and distribute JList as long as all files included in the
original archive are distributed and all of these files are unmodified.
o JList is provided `as is'. There is NO WARRANTY. You use JList completly at
your own risk. The copyright holder of JList won't be liable for any damage
and/or loss caused by any function or malfunction of JList.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.5. Acknowledgments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
I would like to thank Eberhard Mattes for his excellent emx Development System
which was used to write JList.
The information about the various japanese file formats was found in Ken R.
Lunde's JAPAN.INF.
Many good ideas where snatched from the source code for Stephen Chung's JWP.
The kanji font used for display also comes from the JWP distribution. I found
no clue who is the copyright holder of the fonts provided with JWP, but as JWP
is distributed under the GNU General Public License i hope it's ok to include
this font here.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.6. History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Version
0.1 October 94
Initial release
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.7. Known Bugs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
o The format of the kanji file sometimes could not be detected if the format is
Shift-JIS or EUC. In this case the file is treated as an ASCII file. The
remedy is to set the format explicitly. See Setting the file format.
o If a window is moved or sized while JList is painting its window, the kanji
are not drawn. I think this is due to a bug in OS/2. I'm currently
investigating this, but i didn't want to delay the release of JList for this
minor error. The quick fix is simple: Don't move or size a window while JList
is updating its window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
In JList the keys can be used in accordance with the OS/2 system conventions.
Please refer to your OS/2 manual or the OS/2 online help for further
information.
In addition to that, the following keys have a special meaning:
F3 Open a file
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Setting the File Type ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To set the file type for a data file you have to open the settings view of that
file. There - in the Type section - you can remove the current type and add the
new one.
If you don't know how to open the settings view for a file, please refer to
your OS/2 documentation.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Setting the File Format ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The format of a kanji file can be set explicitly by including the format
specification as a key phrase in the File section of the settings for the file.
The format can be one of: ASCII, Old-JIS, New-JIS, NEC-JIS, Shift-JIS and EUC.
In case you don't know how to open the settings view of a file, please refer to
your OS/2 documentation.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Contacting the Author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
I can be reached on internet:
zc0a1121@rpool1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File menu contains the following choices:
Open
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Open choice brings up the File - Open dialog. Use this dialog to open a
file that should be displayed by JList.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Options menu contains the following choices:
Fonts
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Fonts choice brings up the Font Options dialog where you can choose the
ASCII and Kanji fonts for displaying the file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Help menu contains the following choices:
Help index
General help
Using help
Product information
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Help index choice provides an index for help topics available in JList.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> General help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The General help choice provides a brief overview over the purpose of JList.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Using help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Using help choice provides help for the help function in general.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Product information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Product information choice opens a window displaying copyright and version
information about JList.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> File - Open Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this dialog to choose a file that should be displayed by JList.
If the file you want to open has the `Kanji File' file type set, you may want
to select this type from the Type of file listbox. This makes it easier to spot
the file if it is in a directory together with files of other types.
Related information:
Setting the file type
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> File - Type of file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
With this list box you can select if you want all or only the files of type
`Kanji File' to be displayed. As files normally don't have this type, the
default is `<All Files>'.
You can however set the file type yourself. This should be considered at least
if you want to open a file often.
Related information:
Setting the file type
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Load Progress - Status Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This window shows the progress while loading a file. It pops up when the
loading takes longer than 5 seconds.
Close
Close the window and keep on loading the file.
Stop
Stop loading the file and close the window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Font Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog shows the fonts that are currently selected. The ASCII font is the
font used for non-japanese characters; the Kanji font the one used for Kana and
Kanji.
You can use the pushbuttons to open the Ascii Font - Choose dialog and the
Kanji Font - Open dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ASCII Font - Choose Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this dialog to choose a font for the non-japanese characters in the text.
Note: You can't change the size of the font. The ASCII Font is always scaled
to the same height as the Kanji Font. This is also the reason why only outline
fonts can be selected. The size shown is the actual size with the selected
kanji font for display.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Kanji Font - Open Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this dialog to open a Kanji fontfile.
If the file you want to open hasn't the file type `Kanji Font' set, then you
won't see the file until you select `<All Files>' from the File Type listbox.
Related information:
Setting the file type
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Kanji Font - Type of file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Here you can select if you want all or only the files of type `Kanji Font' to
be displayed. The font distributed with JList is of type `Kanji Font'.
If you however want to use fonts you got from other sources, for example
together with JWP, this type may not be set. In this case you have to select
`<All Files>' to see the file.
You should consider to set the file type for the font file to `Kanji Font'.
Related information:
Setting the file type
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Kanji Font - Open Failed ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Kanji Font that JList tried to load was not found. Now you have the
following choices:
Open
The Kanji Font - Open dialog comes up so you can open a kanji font.
Continue
The error is ignored and JList starts up as normal. You will however
be unable to display anything, until you specify a Kanji Font with
the coice Fonts in the Options menu.
Cancel
The execution of JList is aborted.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Kanji Font Open - No Kanji Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The file you selected is no kanji font.
Perhaps you accidently choose the wrong file or it became corrupted. In the
latter case you have to install the font file again.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Related information:
License
Acknowledgments
History
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Thread failed ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is an internal error that should not occur. If you can reproduce this
error, please contact me; perhaps we find the error.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
JWP is a free japanese word processor for Windows 3.1. It was written by
Stephen Chung and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License.
You can get it by anonymous ftp for example from ftp.monash.edu.au
(130.194.11.1) in the directory /pub/nihongo. It comes in the following files:
jwpedict.zip
jwpfonts.zip
jwpk48x48.zip
jwpkinfo.zip
jwpprog.zip
jwpsrc.zip
jwpwnn.zip
If you want only the fonts - they are in jwpfonts.zip (16x16 and 24x24 fonts)
and jwpk48x48.zip (48x48 font).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
EDICT is a electronic japanese dictionary maintained by Jim Breen.
EDICT is available for anonymous ftp for example from ftp.monash.edu.au
(130.194.11.1) in /pub/nihongo. The archive name is EDICT.ZIP. Other archive
formats are also available.
In addition to EDICT you should consider getting JDIC24.ZOO. JDIC is a program
written by Jim Breen for easy access to the dictionary under DOS. Viewers for
Macintosh and Windows 3.1 are also available.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
emx is a free package by Eberhard Mattes for the development of C, C++ and
Objective-C programs for DOS and OS/2 2.x. It is based on GCC.
If you are interested in development for DOS and/or OS/2 2.x - try it! The
whole emx package can be obtained by anonymous ftp for example from
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.8.13) in the directory /pub/systems/os2/emx-0.8h.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
JAPAN.INF is a text file written by Ken R. Lunde that explains various aspects
of japanese text on computers.
It is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.monash.edu.au (130.194.11.1) in
/pub/nihongo.