fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) (11/29/89)
Is HP planning to support the ISO Latin-[1-3] character sets? If so, when? Does anyone other than HP support Roman8? Is there an associated standard? regards, fletcher Fletcher E. Kittredge fkittred@bbn.com
andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel) (12/01/89)
In article <48853@bbn.COM> fkittred@spca.bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) writes: > >Is HP planning to support the ISO Latin-[1-3] character sets? If so, >when? Please be a little more specific about what you mean by "support"! Our newest printers and plotters do offer at least Latin 1 (although in some cases this varies according to which font cartridge(s) you have loaded). Or are you talking about a specific software package, or a specific platform (computer or workstation)? > >Does anyone other than HP support Roman8? Is there an associated >standard? Roman8 is an HP-internal standard. I am not aware of any other company who has picked it up. We invented it long before there was an ISO 8859, and in fact contributed it as a working document to help the formulation of that international character set standard. Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." ______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP : {hplabs|nosc|hpfcla|ucsd}!hp-sdd!andrea Internet : andrea%hp-sdd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com (or @nosc.mil, @ucsd.edu) CSNET : andrea%hp-sdd@hplabs.csnet USnail : 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego CA 92127-1899 USA
fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) (12/01/89)
In article <2873@hp-sdd.hp.com> andrea@hpsdl114.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel) writes: >In article <48853@bbn.COM> fkittred@spca.bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) writes: >> >>Is HP planning to support the ISO Latin-[1-3] character sets? If so, >>when? > >Please be a little more specific about what you mean by "support"! Our >newest printers and plotters do offer at least Latin 1 (although in some >cases this varies according to which font cartridge(s) you have loaded). >Or are you talking about a specific software package, or a specific >platform (computer or workstation)? Sure, more specifically, I am not really interested in what character set HP devices support, (we can always get our customers to use X or to buy some other vendor's hardware ;-)). What I am interested in is that HP-UX provide through NLS the same ability to switch character sets, convert, collate, shift and compare strings in latin1 that it does for roman8. I am a reasonable man. > >Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 > "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." "The heart has its reasons and seasons..." PS. Is there a acronym clearing house at HP? Does NLS mean Native License Support? Network Language Server?, or what? Fletcher E. Kittredge fkittred@bbn.com
rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (12/02/89)
re: > PS. Is there a acronym clearing house at HP?
Uh, no. We could use a codename clearinghouse too.
> Does NLS mean Native License Support? Network Language Server?, or what?
From our latest acronym masterfile:
NLS Native Language Support, software support for various languages
NLS Network License Server, uses NCK
This little problem is a hot topic in one of our internal notesfiles at the
moment. We have similar problems with "GPIO" and several other TLAs and
FLAs.
The apochryphal rumor was that HP bought Apollo because Apollo was about to
sue HP for use of their trademarked abbreviation "NLS".
As it happens, HP has been using "NLS" for a lot longer than Apollo, but it
makes a cute story.
Regards, Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland rjn%hpfcrjn@hplabs.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road
UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcla!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
FLA - Four Letter Acronym.
TLA - Three Letter Acronym.