Re: Reading Chinese with OS/2 Web Explorer

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From: Ng Sheau Feng
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00

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djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) wrote:

>thomasho@pc2.hinet.net (Thomas Ho) writes:
>>     I'm not quite sure. But I think the point is on the OS, not only
>> the AP.

>Not necessarily.  I think many OS developers like to claim this,
>but it's not true....
>...Supporting multi-byte languages is just a matter of being able to 
>displaying and inputting the text.  Supporting this everywhere, such as 
>in the menus and all the system text, is another matter.  But for reading
>and writing it's doable.  (of course, it's great if the OS provides
>support for it and doesn't weasel out)

I agreed with you.  I managed to configure a DOS session for booting
up PC-DOS/V 7.0 (Japanese DOS) and all Japanese characters were
displayed properly.  Also tested is ChineseStar 2.0 for Windows
running under WIN-OS2 without much obvious problems.

Sheau Feng
ngsf@pop.jaring.my

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From: ngsf@pop.jaring.my (Ng Sheau Feng)
Subject: Re: Reading Chinese with OS/2 Web Explorer
Date: 1995/08/14
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