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- From: gt2627c@prism.gatech.EDU (LEE)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Only Mac Does It
- Keywords: Macros
- Message-ID: <66985@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 08:45:20 GMT
- References: <whitmore.714765117@pv343d.vincent.iastate.edu> <19335@ector.cs.pur <1992Aug27.062539.6779@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug27.062539.6779@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cali@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (cali ) writes:
- >Here's probably one example of "you can do it on a Mac, but not on a PC": use
- >a popular word processor (such as MS Word) to create a file in English,
- >Chinese, Korean, Hebrew, and Japanese (yes, all these in a single file,
- >written in a single session).
- >
- >On a Macintosh, one can install one operating system on top of another. I've
- >installed three foreign language operating systems this way, and can switch
- >around for multi-lingual word processing.
- >
- >Of course not so many people would require this capability of their
- >computers...
- >
- >
- >I wish I could do it with DOS -- to save $$.
- >
- >-- cali
-
- Good point!!!
-
- Another Mac benefit to foreign language people......
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- Almost all the programs available in US can handle foreign language without
- any modification to the code... Easy localization using ResEdit.
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- Once you have the script system for the foreign language, you already have
- thousands of software in that language...
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- Bright future..... Apple cares well........ they are developing WorldScript.
-
- I don't see any hope in PC in this topic..
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- thousands of programs
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