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- From: mathias@stacken.kth.se (Mathias Bage)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST
- Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages
- Message-ID: <mathias.724467456@sune.stacken.kth.se>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 00:57:36 GMT
- References: <dosburn.723844277@cwis> <2485@specgw.spec.co.jp> <1992Dec14.185028.9757@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk>
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- In <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> kd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Kostis Dryllerakis) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec14.185028.9757@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, you write:
- >> I know a lot of the Japaneese 386BSD community can not email out of Japan,
- >> so this is an open letter to them, and to Atsushi MURAI and other people
- >> there who are active in this newsgroup.
- >>
- >> What kind of internationalization would best enable you to use 386BSD?
- >>
- >> o Kanji support?
- >> o Kana (Katakan/Hirugana) support?
- >>
- [stuff deleted]
-
- > Preliminary attemps have already been made (I personally work
- >under X-windows with greek ISO-standard characters without many
- >problems) but a coordinated effort for internationalisation is indeed
- >necessary. Note that the rest of the operating systems are currently
- >"externally touched" in order to support the greek language i.e. bu
- >hacking your way out.
-
- Has anyone in this newsgroup ever heard of the Unicode/ISO10646
- (UCS) standard? It exists today and has everything (almost), even
- though the Japanese don't like the sort order of the Kanji
- characters... Look/ask in comp.internat.std for more info. See also
- RFC 1345.
-
- -Mathias
- --
- . <= it's actually a ring over the a
- Mathias Bage mathias@stacken.kth.se
-