[soc.culture.hongkong] Byx 1.1 Chinese editor for DOS available by ftp

mleisher@nmsu.edu (Mark Leisher) (03/18/91)

crl.nmsu.edu:pub/chinese/disk[123]BYX110.zip  [128.123.1.14]

Thanks to the developers of Byx, Yan Yongxin and Zhao Sanping, and
Rupert Zhu of Waterloo, Byx 1.1 is now available by anonymous ftp
from crl.nmsu.edu in zip format.

The files are:

 disk1BYX110.zip
 disk2BYX110.zip
 disk3BYX110.zip

Each file represents one 360K disk.  The filenames may be truncated to
the first 8 characters when transfering to DOS machines.

A fourth file, containing information on newer versions of Byx and
other general information, will be available later.
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cheung@mathcs.emory.edu (Shun Yan Cheung) (03/18/91)

In article <1991Mar18.043137.8338@ox.com> mleisher@nmsu.edu (Mark Leisher) 
writes:
>
>Thanks to the developers of Byx, Yan Yongxin and Zhao Sanping, and
>Rupert Zhu of Waterloo, Byx 1.1 is now available by anonymous ftp
>from crl.nmsu.edu in zip format.

I love it ! Two problems though, it's simplified Chinese, and
guessing what the pinyin of a character is tough. I wonder if
byx can be modified easily to use the unsimplified characters.
For the latter problem, I don't see any good solution, except
investing in fancy input devices like a lightpen. I would like
to hear comments and possible soultions on these problems.
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