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Multi-lingual X11R5(latest + more) binary installtion package

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From: Yutaka Kataoka
Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 18:26
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  I provided new X11R5(latest pached + private bug-fixes) binary
intsallation package release 2.  I added information more in detail in
RELEASENOTE (in Englsih) by requests from many people who got the
package.  I found need to use native language, espacillay multiple
languages, support is larger everywhere than I thought.

  This package contains full multi-lingual X11R5 executable environment.
X11R5 can be compiled as multi-lingual I/O system by some compilation
switches.  About contents in detail, please refere comp.windows.x

Categories of X11R5s with different Compile Switches:

  X11R5 can be compiled differently by specifying compile time
switches in mit/config/site.def.  There are three categories of X11R5
as follows:

1) NO Compile Switch
   locale model using of OS locale functions.
     Compiled R5 depends on OS locale functions, and is restricted by
     OS.  In this case, length of wchar_t follows the OS's wchar_t.
     Users can use locales that vendor provided -- usually only C
     locale and one.  Usually one local/system.
2) -DX_WCHAR and -DX_LOCALE
   locale model using of locale emuration functions in X11R5 with
     wchar_t defined in X11R5 itself.  Compiled R5 is independent from
     OS's locale functions and OS's wchar_t.  Users can use any
     locales that defined in X11R5.  Users can call the X11R5's locale
     emulation functions and text manipulation functions.  And users
     can add locales by their specification.  Of course codeset for
     communication can be selected by users.  Mixing multiple
     languages by wr_WR.ct is accepted.  But dynamic locale change in
     an application after the application is invoked is not
     acceptable.  locale/application.
3) -DX_WCHAR, -DX_LOCALE and -DXML
   locale model with X11R5 functions but resettable locale ability
     Adding to 2), application can change locale dynamically any time
     after the application is invoked.  This is the real multi-lingual
     X11R5 that we designed.  This X11R5 permits you to leave from
     limitations of locale model.

Our pacage is 3).  At Waseda university, a lot of students came from
many countries.  For us, category 3 is essential.  As an achievement
of Multi-lingual I/O project, we will update this package and add new
languages.

  In the new relase, an example (xtail) was added with source code of
it.  I added small modification and explanation to the example to
write correct internationalized and multi-lingual applications.  Also
all documents relating to internationalization and multi-lingual are
stored.

Patch-Level: fix-11
             unofficial patches for Xsi and exterm
CPU: Sparc Architecture (SS1, SS2, SUN4)
OS:  SUN/OS 4.1.1 and later
     (Not necessary to install language specific environment)
CC:  Native CC
     (Not necessary to install Gcc)
Size: 22 MB packed
      50 MB unpacked
FTP site: ftp.waseda.ac.jp(133.9.1.32)
Directory: pub/X11R5/binaries
File name: README, RELEASENOTE,
R5-exec-kit-Sparc-4.1.1.tar.Z.a[aa-bp],
           R5-exec-kit-Sparc-4.1.1.tar.Z.checksum
languages: languages described in ASCII and in ISO8859-1,
           Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
(All font files of care are included)
(README, RELEASENOTE and all essential files are written in English)

Note: Multi-lingual EMACS was developed and is under testing.

I thank vwey muxh many people who sent me comments.
--

Yutaka Kataoka    kataoka@ohara.info.waseda.ac.jp
Department of Information and Computer Science
School of Science and Engineering
Mutli-lingual I/O System Project, Waseda University
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