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From: svc@well.UUCP (Software Ventures Corp.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Chinese word processing
Summary: Re: MacWrite II and the Script Manager
Message-ID: <10789@well.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 89 20:30:30 GMT
References: <8902172004.AA07740@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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In article <8902172004.AA07740@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, ELFJ@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU writes:
> 
> [Comments about the Chinese Operating System]
>
> Does anyone know if the new MacWrite II will support the Script Manager?
> 
	Considering that it is built on the Quark XPress text processing stuff
then not only will it NOT support the SM, but it will probably CRASH HORRIBLY
if you try to use it.  The programmers of XPress purposely put code into their
text handling routines to die if the SM is used with it (this info comes from
a VERY reliable source, so I take it as fact).  Their reasoning is that the
SM does NOT provide enough typographic control for thir usage (which is true
sio if you want to do foreign language page  layout you have to buy thier 
SPECIALIZED international versions.

{Whoops sorry about the tirade against Quark, but the answer is NO!}