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From: robertj@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hypercard previews in Mac Today
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Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 20:36:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 15 20:36:23 1987
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Summary: Foreign languages, CD-ROM compatibility, multiple cards onscreen

The latest issue of Macintosh Today has an article titled "Europe makes
do with U.S. Hypercard until January" on page 11.  Some excerpts:

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PARIS--European Macintosh users will have to wait until next year for the
release of the international version of HyperCard, Apple's personalized
programming language for the Mac.

...

"We didn't finish HyperCard," said Winkler, who wrote the HyperCard pro-
gramming language, HyperTalk.  "We just had to ship it.  The stack format
is frozen.  Our first priorities are to internationalize it, finish the
CD-ROM interface and add new features, such as support for displaying
multiple cards on a large screen."

Besides translating the menu, dialog and alert text strings into the
various languages, Apple must localize HyperTalk so users can see it in
their own language.  This procedure entails storing the HyperTalk commands
or procedures on disk in English and translating them into local languages
for display.
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Just thought y'all might like to know...

DISCLAIMER:  I don't even have a subscription to Macintosh Today.  I
borrowed a friend's.  If I broke any copyright laws, blame him.


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