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- From: wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni)
- Subject: Re: INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.102524.17193@cs.brown.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.brown.edu
- Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
- References: <2485@specgw.spec.co.jp> <1992Dec14.185028.9757@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <AWB.92Dec16072619@otter.uk.ac.ed.aisb>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:25:24 GMT
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- In article <AWB.92Dec16072619@otter.uk.ac.ed.aisb> awb@ed.ac.uk (Alan W Black) writes:
- <stuff deleted>
- >
- >Mule supports Japanese (output and input). Input is through Wnn
- >a kana/kanji convertor (which accepts romaji or kana input). It
- >the input method is (I am told) compatible with ATOK which is
- >used on a large number of word processors. Mule also has support
- >for Chinese (with a large variety of input methods) offering
- >both Mandarin and Taiwanese fonts. Also there is good support for
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Korean. Other languages that are supported in Mule are all
- >the major European languages, including Greek, and Russian. There
- >is also alpha support for Vietnamese, Hebrew and Thai.
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- Just for clarification. There is no such thing like Mandarin or
- Taiwanese font. The official characters used in People's Replublic of
- China are basically "reduced" and simplified characters of the
- conventional ones. Taiwan as well as Hong Kong are still using the
- conventional characters. Thanx!
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