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- From: sold@kit.uni-kl.de (Christoph Sold)
- Subject: Re: Localized System software
- Message-ID: <sold.59.714081653@kit.uni-kl.de>
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- Organization: Universitaet Kaiserslautern
- References: <1992Aug12.164152.8934@Csli.Stanford.EDU> <k.vikor-170892141953@mac10.sms.uib.no>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:00:53 GMT
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- In article <k.vikor-170892141953@mac10.sms.uib.no> k.vikor@alf.uib.no (Knut S. Vikor) writes:
- >From: k.vikor@alf.uib.no (Knut S. Vikor)
- >Subject: Re: Localized System software
- >Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 12:21:46 GMT
- >In article <1992Aug12.164152.8934@Csli.Stanford.EDU>,
- >francis@csli.stanford.edu (Dave Francis) wrote:
- >>
- >> This question may have two answers given the release of system 7.1 (Cube-E).
- >>
- >> How does one tell if the System running is Japanese or Persian or
- >> whatever? Does this change with the introduction of system 7.1?
- >>
- >> Thanks,
- >> Dave Francis
- >
- >If the System contains an non-European script, you will see the script icon
- >in the menu bar (crescent for Arabic, sun for Japanese, diamond for US,
- >various flags for the European countries, etc.) There is no reason this
- >will change in System 7.1 that I can think of.
- >
- >Knut S. Vikor.
- >Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- >University of Bergen, Norway
-
- In fact, this is exactly the way it works. The only change is the icon now
- has a menu below it, listing all the script systems available on the
- machine. This way you can easily change the currently active system script.
-
- -Christoph
-
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