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From: mathias@stacken.kth.se (Mathias Bage)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST
Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages
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Date: 16 Dec 92 00:57:36 GMT
References: <dosburn.723844277@cwis> <2485@specgw.spec.co.jp> <1992Dec14.185028.9757@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk>
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In <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> kd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Kostis Dryllerakis) writes:
>In article <1992Dec14.185028.9757@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, you write:
>> I know a lot of the Japaneese 386BSD community can not email out of Japan,
>> so this is an open letter to them, and to Atsushi MURAI and other people
>> there who are active in this newsgroup.
>> 
>> What kind of internationalization would best enable you to use 386BSD?
>> 
>>       o       Kanji support?
>>       o       Kana (Katakan/Hirugana) support?
>> 
[stuff deleted]

>        Preliminary attemps have already been made (I personally work
>under X-windows with greek ISO-standard characters without many
>problems) but a coordinated effort for internationalisation is indeed
>necessary. Note that the rest of the operating systems are currently
>"externally touched" in order to support the greek language i.e.  bu
>hacking your way out.

  Has anyone in this newsgroup ever heard of the Unicode/ISO10646
(UCS) standard?  It exists today and has everything (almost), even
though the Japanese don't like the sort order of the Kanji
characters...  Look/ask in comp.internat.std for more info.  See also
RFC 1345.

-Mathias
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         .        <= it's actually a ring over the a
Mathias Bage		mathias@stacken.kth.se