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- From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
- Subject: Re: TextEdit, International Scripts and others....
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:07:09 GMT
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- 9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil) writes:
-
- > I have been told that the reason why regular wordprocessors fail to pass
- >the international scripts tests is that they bypass TextEdit to handle
- >text management more efficiently:
-
- Actually, it is not TextEdit that is important, but the Script
- Manager. TextEdit calls the Script Manager, which is why it works with
- international scripts. Word processors can also call the Script
- Manager routines, but most don't.
-
- > - Is there a wordprocessor that is more elaborate than TeachText ( font
- >and styles handling, formatting ) but still uses TextEdit ?
-
- I seem to remember that Nisus might call the Script Manager routines,
- but I am not absolutely positive. My guess would be that more and more
- word processors will in the future (boy, I hope MacWrite Pro does when
- it comes out given how long it is taking!).
-
- pr
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- Pete Resnick (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?)
- Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC
- System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC
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