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- From: bohn@utrurt.uni-trier.de (Hartmut Bohn)
- Subject: Re: Chinese on the ST
- Message-ID: <bohn.728238670@utrurt>
- Keywords: Chinese, ATARI
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- Sender: news@rzultr.uni-trier.de (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Trier
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:31:10 GMT
-
- Hi,
-
- I just read your question about Chinese on the ATARI ST. Yes, there
- is a word processor called SINOTEXT which was made a few years ago
- at the University of Bremen, Germany. There are both GB and BIG5
- versions.
-
- The input method is great - dynamic full word pinyin. However the
- formatting capabilities are very poor, for the program was originally
- designed as an editor for TeX documents.
-
- If you only need a few CHinese characters in your text and have
- a word processor which is able to handle graphics, you can also
- type the characters with Sinotext (or some DOS Chinese editor which
- uses GB coding), save the file and then use the PD program "VPCT"
- which displays the characters in 24x24 pixels on the screen. Make
- a screen hardcopy to disk and use the characters as graphics in
- your word processor. I did this for my M.A. thesis and the result
- was quite good.
-
- There is another program called SIGNOPRINT which allows you to
- produce mixed Western/Chinese text with the Signum!2 word processor.
- But you also need a GB editor like SINOTEXT.
-
- SINOTEXT is available for 250.-- German Marks at the University of
- Bremen - I can look up the full address for you if you want it.
-
- Other CHinese programs for the ST:
-
- VPCT (View and Print Chinese Text) and
- CPREVIEW (Chinese Preview) can display GB coded files on
- ATARIs with SM124 monitor. THey are available via anonymous ftp
- from ifcss.org or ftp.kth.se (dir: /CJK/atari).
-
- I also made a patched version of VPCT which displays traditional
- characters instead of simplified.
-
- SIGNOPRINT is available for DM 40.-- from Christian Riedel -
- I can look up his address, too.
-
- Then :-) there is CHinDEX, my electronic index to "A Chinese-
- English Dictionary" for the ST. Get a demo from one of the ftp
- sites mentioned above!
-
- Yours,
- Hartmut
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- Walramsneustr. WG /| | | | -/--- __/_ | Universitaet Trier
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