Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site aero.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!aero!warack From: warack@aero.ARPA (Chris Warack) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: more diacritical marks... Message-ID: <385@aero.ARPA> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 17:04:33 EDT Article-I.D.: aero.385 Posted: Wed Aug 21 17:04:33 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:37:53 EDT References: <487@talcott.UUCP> <998@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <1000@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: warack@aero.UUCP (Chris Warack) Followup-To: net.micro.mac Organization: The Discordian Society Lines: 39 Summary: Computers handling foreign alphabets, ... nk it's a little heavy handed to argue >that our alphabet should prevail because much computer development took >place in an English-speaking (rahter, -writing) context? Try the shoe on the >other foot. What if the standards had come from a country that doesn't use >`W'? Now the Americans come along and say Isn't there some way you guys >could please fit in `W', just for us to use here? And the answer comes: >well you don't really need it, just use 'U'. [...] One of the 'features' of the Macintosh [the computer for the rest of us] is that the keyboard, time format, theoretically anything, can be modified when the thing's turned on to fit any country's needs in a satisfactory manner... How well it succeeds, I don't know. I do know that it is used in France, in French. I have also seen Japanese fonts for the Mac but this is a long way from being 'Japanese-friendly.' Anyways, at least someone is taking a step to adapt. Note that this 'feature' is available on EVERY Mac, even those in the US. Also noticed that I directed follow-up to net.micro.mac. Chris -- _______ |/-----\| Chris Warack (213) 648-6617 ||hello|| || || warack@aerospace.ARPA |-------| warack@aero.UUCP |@ ___ | seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest! |_______| sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!aero!warack || || \ Aerospace Corporation, M1-117, El Segundo, CA 90245 ^^^ ^^^ `---------(|=