Hi,
: From: Jungshik Shin <jshin@pantheon.yale.edu>
: To: Multiple Recipients of <unicode@unicode.org>
: Subject: Re: unicode UNIX editor recommendations
: Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 5:45 AM
:
:
: On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, David Pope wrote:
:
: > Does anyone have recommendations for a UNICODE text editor for
: > UNIX, specifically for HPs?
:
There is a multilingual support product named xMASS running on UNIX, X
Windows which can give you the Unicode support environment. You may
find the detailed information from:
http://www.starglobe.com.sg/cgi-bin/multi/products/home.html
The following is the extract from the homepage:
xMASS Runtime
============
DESCRIPTION
The runtime version of xMASS offers end users a standard set of features
with which to develop multilingual applications.
xMASS Runtime includes comprehensive language code conversion
capabilities for handling Unicode and various popular national encoding
standards -- users can choose the language of their preference, switch
from one language to another with ease, and customize and float control
panel menus for language input/viewing preference.
Developers have a basic software application to customize for their
end-users -- provide Pan-Asian application or specific Asian-language
support, create
new input methods and display types, and tailor application to working
domain/industry.
FEATURES
* plug & play set of runtime GUI tools
* complete Unicode support
* code conversion capabilities
* provides a wide range of input methods for both novice and
professional users
* flexible data entry environment, tailored to specific domains and
applications
* built-in translation between Simplified and Traditional Chinese
* bi-directional text handling
* customizable control panel menus
* multi-strata stroke-radical, phonetic, and internal code input methods
for Asian languages
* keyboard mapping input methods for Roman and non-Roman scripts
xMASS components:
==============
Multilingual Input for Novice and Expert Users (MINE)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
allows the user to key-in characters from several natural language
scripts simultaneously
simple input methods with minimal learning effort for novice users, yet
also offers speed/fast input methods for expert users
Multilingual Editor (MLEDIT)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
an editing tool that enables the user to create, edit, and translate
documents which can, in turn, be saved in any of the coding formats
currently supported for the respective natural languages also provides a
set of tools for conversion between different Chinese phonetic systems
such as Pinyin, Zhuyin and Wade Giles
a Code Check tool helps to identify invalid characters
Unicode-based X terminal emulator (UXTERM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a Unicode-enabled terminal emulator that is able to handle several
coding formats (as opposed to X-terminal which currently only handles
ASCII) to provide an environment for localized as well as multilingual
TTY applications
MASS Application Manager (MASSAM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
literally, an applications manager which allows you to invoke the
various components of MASS with a single keystroke, or click of the
mouse within the menu provided; menu options can also be added to invoke
customized applications
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Display Support for Coding Schemes:
Language Coding Schemes
Multilingual UTF8, UTF7, EACC,CCCII
Simplified Chinese GB-2312, HZ, HZX
Traditional Chinese BIG5, CNS
Japanese SHIFT-JIS, EUC-JIS,ISO 2022
Korean KSC
Latin-1 (various European) ISO 8859-1
Tamil Murasu, Kanian
Thai TIS
Vietnamese VSCII, VISCII
System Platforms:
IBM AIX
SUN OS
SOLARIS
SGI IRIX
HP-UX
DEC OS
NEC SVR
-- ..........//////////////XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\\\\\\\\\\\\\\..........Chong Chiah Jen (chiahjen@starglobe.com.sg), Product Line Manager Star+Globe Technologies Pte. Ltd. 1, International Business Park, The Synergy #09-02 Singapore 609917 (http://www.starglobe.com.sg)
Telephone: (65) 665-6963 Fax : (65) 665-7912
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: From: Jungshik Shin <jshin@pantheon.yale.edu> : To: Multiple Recipients of <unicode@unicode.org> : Subject: Re: unicode UNIX editor recommendations : Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 5:45 AM : : : On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, David Pope wrote: : : > Does anyone have recommendations for a UNICODE text editor for : > UNIX, specifically for HPs? : : This question has remain unanswered except for an suggestion to use : NeXTstep/OpenSTep, which is not so useful to those who have no access to : NeXTstep/Openstep. Recently, I grabbed a nice unicode editor(Werner : Lemberg informed me of that) and related goodies(uniprint,uniconv, etc) : at : : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/ : : and thought some of you may be interested in it. : : It's called yudit and written by Gaspar Sinai <gsinai@gol.com>. An : accompanying utility uniprint makes use of Unicode truetype fonts to : print multilinguial texts in various encodings supported by uniconv, : another utility supporting many different encodings based on Unicode and : ISO-2022. uniconv is better than tcs(from Plan9) in that it supports : UTF-7 not supported by tcs. When linked with freetype library, truetype : fonts can be used in yudit as well(uniprint doesn't require freetype : library to produce PS output using truetype fonts). : : Currently, its CJK support is not yet complete because it only : supports kinput2 protocol for Japanese and it doesn't work with more : generic XIM protocol based on which there are quite many X input method : servers for CK. The author is planning to add support for XIM sooner or : later, though. It can be compiled with Motif(Lesstif- linked binary : works pretty well under Linux),Qt and KDE widget set, but he's gonna : make it independent of widget. : : Hope this information would be useful, : : Jungshik Shin :
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