Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!ukrainec
From: ukrainec@maccs.McMaster.CA (Andy Ukrainec)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC editors for Ukrainian
Keywords: Editors,Cyrillic,Foreign-Language
Message-ID: <2432@maccs.McMaster.CA>
Date: 13 Apr 89 14:45:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: maccs.2432
References: <166@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ukrainec@maccs.UUCP (Andy Ukrainec)
Organization: McMaster U., Hamilton, Ont., Can.
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In article <166@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> ijk@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (ihor.j.kinal) writes:
>I'm interested in what is on the market or available as shareware.
>So far, I've discovered two systems that come close to what I want,
>and I'm interested if anyone knows about others and can make 
>recommendations.
>[NOTE: Ukrainian is a Cyrillic language, similar to Russian, but with
>several characters that are different].
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I am not aware of any shareware, but my recommendation would be T3
(pronounced tee-cubed), which doesn't have Ukrainian per se, but has
Russian cyrillic and a font editor.  I've been meaning to edit the
cyrillic font to generated the necessary extra characters, but I haven't
got around to it yet.  The nice thing about T3 is that once you
have the font, you can create any arbitrary keyboard layout you
want.  It also supports 9-pin printers very nicely.  I should mention
that T3 is a full-blown technical word processor, so if you do technical
writing, it is the one for you.  (PC Mag recommends it.)

I have tried Lettrix, but it is not WYSIWYG so it is a pain to use.
Try figuring out what "DOBRIJ DEN" is mapped onto a QWERTY keyboard.

Of course, there is a $400-$500 catch to using T3, so it may not be the
solution for you.  I would recommend that you drop by a local university
and see what their Slavic languages department is using.  They may have
a lower cost solution for you.

                                  Hope this helps.

 
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