Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!mcli From: mcli@ur-tut.UUCP (Maurice Ling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Chinese for Mac? Message-ID: <2628@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Aug-87 14:42:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ur-tut.2628 Posted: Wed Aug 12 14:42:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 00:56:24 EDT References: <1849@sigi.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: mcli@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Maurice Ling) Followup-To: FeiMa Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 21 Keywords: implementation Summary: Suggestions for writing a Chinese Word processor Xref: mnetor comp.sys.mac:5461 comp.sys.atari.st:4798 After reading the comments on FeiMa, the Chinese word processor for the Mac on comp.sys.mac, I have decided to stick to MacBillboard for writing Chinese. :-) Seriously, I have been contemplating about writing a decent Chinese word processor for the Atari ST or the Mac. I did get to see a Japanese word processor for the Mac, but unfortunately, even though Japanese has similar characters to Chinese, the pronunciation is way off... Anyways, if people would send me some info on what kind of implementation they prefer for this kind of a program, please send me some ideas. For instance, would people like to use pinyin or ju yin fu hou. I have a feeling that most people use pinyin. Any comments on the easiest and most user friendly method to use would be greatly appreciated. Also, I would like comments and suggestions on using either Forth or C to program such a beast. For instance, how would one go about storing the graphic characters? Would it be easiest to just redefine the ascii character set or define an extention to the character set... Thanks for any suggestions you may have. Maurice