chen@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Shuyuan Chen) (01/09/90)
Can anybody give me the information concerning the availability of Chinese character word processing softwares that runs either on macs or pcs? I would like to know the name of the software, the price of the software, how I can get the software, and also, if the English and Chineses words can be mixed in a text. If possible, I would also like to know the possible ways of inputing the chinese characters. Thank you very much for the information.
phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (01/10/90)
In article <18094@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> chen@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Shuyuan Chen) writes: | |Can anybody give me the information concerning the availability of Chinese |character word processing softwares that runs either on macs or pcs? There is a thing called ET that is used all over Taiwan, among other things. It runs on PCs with hercules compatible displays. |I would like to know the name of the software, the price of the software, |how I can get the software, and also, if the English and Chineses words |can be mixed in a text. | |If possible, I would also like to know the possible ways of inputing the |chinese characters. I don't know Chinese so I can't help you with this stuff. But the software does exist. I got a copy of it thinking my wife, who does read chinese, could explain it to me. Unfortunately the manual appears to be neither english or chinese, but chinese computer and so neither one of us can read it or use it. I'm sure you won't have this much trouble. -- Phil Ngai, phil@diablo.amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil Say no to big government.
benjamin@i-core.UUCP (Benjamin F. Kuo) (01/12/90)
I believe MacUser or MacWorld has an issue reviewing the two or three Chinese character processors for the Mac. I think the most common is Fei-Ma. I have no idea to the advantages or disadvantages of any of them. (try finding THEM in a local software shop!) --
emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) (01/15/90)
Another lead is to ask around the typesetter manufacturers/agencies. Try Linotype's and Monotype's offices, they should have some useful suggestions. The only system I know of personally used multiple *large* keyboards, not what I think you were looking for. ATB, Dave E.
kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (01/20/90)
My current guess for the best way to do Chinese word processing would be to investigate Nisus and Apple's Chinese System Software. The Chinese system software is not based on the latest US system (APDA catalogue says it is based on 5.1), but it otherwise works well. Nisus was recently mentioned as being quite Script Manager compatible. Does anybody know whether these work together? Will Nisus run under 5.1? Does it know about multibyte characters? (Get Nisus through normal channels. For foreign system software, either find a developer friend with the new Phil and Dave CD and a CD-ROM drive, or join Apple Programmer's and Developer's Association--APDA--for $20 and buy the Chinese software from them for $35. APDA lives at: (800) 282-2732 or (408) 562-3910.) -- Kent Borg lloyd!kent@husc6.harvard.edu or ...!husc6!lloyd!kent MacNet: kentborg H:(617) 776-6899 W:(617)426-3577 "Thumper! Don't let them kill Thumper!" --Zippy, 15 January, 1990
hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) (01/25/90)
There's a chinese wp for IBM PC with EGA from Duke University. It's called
the Duke Chinese Typist and cost $25 . I just got it a few days ago so I
haven't had time to fully examinate it yet. The current version uses the pinyin
method and seems particularly suitable for beginning students with light usage.
A more powerful version is now being debugged. You can get further info from
its author, Richard Kunst at:
DKUNST%TUCC.BITNET
-Hokkun Pang
hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu