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From: ISSHXX@NUSVM.BITNET (Hu Xian Xiang)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: A MULTILINGUAL PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL.
Message-ID: <8912080807.AA29782@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 89 08:45:59 GMT
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HI, XPERTERS,
THE INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (ISS), SINAGPORE HAS CONTRIBUTED
A MULTILINGUAL (ML) PACKAGE TO MIT RECENTLY. THE PACKAGE SUPPORTS
SOME ORIENTAL LANGUAGES. THE CONTENTS INCLUDE:

1. A ML input mechanism

2. A ML-XTERM (based on XTERM 11.2)

3. A set of configuration files which include:
 Simplified Chinese,
 Traditional Chinese,
 and Japanese.

4. A ML X Labrary which allows user using ML character in any  user's window.

5. Font utilities.

6. A set of data files:
 Each language has a 16x16 font and a 24x24 font.
 Both Chineses have ChuYin, PinYin, GB2312, and common-used-character
 input methods.
 Japanese has JIS-code, Romaji-to-Kana input methods.

7.  A simple ML X application sample.

*** MLX is a 4 languages co-exising environment ***

THE ABOVE PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANONYMOUS FTP FROM EXPO AS THE FILE
/contrib/mlx/tar.z OR /contrib/mlx-nofonts.tar.z.
THE LATTER IS A TAR FILE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE FONTS IN IT.
HERE ARE THE SIZES :

	-r--r--r--  1 ftp        475621 Nov 30 07:49 mlx-nofonts.tar.Z
	-r--r--r--  1 ftp       2412813 Nov 30 07:43 mlx.tar.Z

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