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From: ahmeda@creek.UUCP (Aftab Ahmed)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Script Manager - help wanted
Message-ID: <424cd375.14d09@creek.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 89 21:29:55 GMT
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In article <11135@well.UUCP>, svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
> > 
> 	I guess that it's time for the 'How do I get International Scripts
> running in my U.S. System?'.  Here's the step by step recipe:
> 
> 1) Open up that trusted copy of ResEdit
> 2) Open up both System files (U.S. and Arabic)
> 3) Copy the following resources:
> 	FOND "Al-Qahira" 17920
> 	FONT "Al-Qahira" 16521 & 16524
> 	itl0 "Arabic" 17920
> 	itl1 "Arabic" 17920
> 	itl2 "Arabic" 17920
> 	itlb "Arabic" 4
> 	KCHR "Arabic" 17920
> 	SICN "Arabic" 17920
> 4) Close up the files (saving of course)
> 5) Quit ResEdit
> 6) Reboot and Enjoy...
> 
Having gone through a similer procedure a while back, I am also successfully running
an Arabic system under System 6.0.2.  But I do remember that I copied some additional
resources in DSAT, itlc and KSWP resources.  These resources also have their name as
Arabic in the Arabic System.  I know that DSAT 0 draws the startup Alert box, but
what does the other resources do?? Did I copy something extra??

When I do shutdown I get a message something like "The system is bad or booted on
64K roms".  Since this message is a system alert, I guess either I copied something
extra or missing something.  Any help??

Now here is my two bits worth about converting system 6.0.2.

In additon to the above resource list the LAYO resource in "Finder" also need some
tweeking to get good results.  Just open the LAYO from Arabic "Finder" and try to
carry the changes to the US "Finder".

Also the Arabic System recognises FOND's with resource ID's 17920 and greater (I don't
know how much greater) as Arabic Fonts, with 17920 equivalent to Font # 0 (Chicago)
in the US system.  Font/DA Mover may be a better tool, to copy the Arabic Fonts, than
Resedit, but note that it may convert those FONT's into NFNT's. That's the way they 
appear in my system.

In absence of proper documentation from Apple, all I know about the foreign systems
has been derived from experiments, so some of it may be wrong.  Can somebody point
me to any documentation (excluding IM V) on the script manager??

Aftab Ahmed

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