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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>
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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:
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>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.
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!