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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.329
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1000) GENERAL INFORMATION:
1001) What do I need to read/write a Chinese file with pc/mac/unix/vax/...?
1002) Where can I find more Chinese softwares in public domain?
1003) Where can I find more commercial Chinese softwares?
1004) Where can I find information about usage frequency of Chinese characters?
1005) What is GB, BIG5, Unicode and other coding systems?
1006) How to convert GB/Big5 to dot matrix?
1007) What is "hz2PS"?
1008) What is Cxterm?
1009) What is Celvis?
1010) What is Cemacs?
1011) What is ChTex?
1012) What is ChiRK?
1013) What do I use under VMS?
1014) What is CCNET? How can I subscribe it?
1015) Can someone tell me something about Chinese Windows 3.0?
1016) Where can I find a public domain Chinese Chess program?
1017) Where can I find a Luna Calendar software?
1018) Are there any other China/Chinese related interest groups?
1019) How do you use these Chinese softwares with the email programs?
1020) Which Chinese editor support kterm?
1021) Does that mean Japanese are more influencial in X environment?
1022) How come the Japanese can read/post news in Japanese?
1023) What software do I need in order to bring up a Chinese xterm environment?
1024) Is there any TeX/LaTeX like Chinese document preparation system?
1025) Where can I find the Chinese software?
1026) Are there any other Chinese oriented on-line service?
1027) What is MULE?
1028-1999) RESERVED
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1000) GENERAL INFORMATION:
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1001) What do I need to read/write a Chinese file with pc/mac/unix/vax/...?
One can read/write/print a Chinese file only if he/she has access
to one of the following:
a) PC
b) Apple Macintosh
c) Unix workstation or an X Terminal. Examples of such hardware
are Sun, HP WorkStation, Appollo, DecStation (running Ultirx),
IBM-RT (running AIX), SGI IRIS, Tektronix stations, etc.
d) VT-240 terminal on VAX/VMS machine
e) Atari system
f) PostScript (laser) printer
For detailed information/help, please E-mail to:
LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET
The mail body should contain one or more lines of the following commands
(text after "--" are comments, therefore should not be in email)
GET PC HELP -- PC Users Help File (by Ruopeng Zhu, Jian Ding)
GET MAC HELP -- Mac Users Help File (by Jack Sun)
GET CXTERM HELP -- X-Window CXTERM Help File (by Yongguang Zhang)
GET XHZVIEW HELP -- X-Window XHZVIEW Help File (by Stephen Simpson)
GET GB2PS HELP -- GB to PostScript Format Convertion (by Ruopeng Zhu)
GET HELP INDEX -- Index of the whole help package in addition to the
above help files
[compiled from introduction materials to Hua Xia Wen Zhai, whose
official English title is CND Chinese Magazine. All the help files
listed above were written by HXWZ volunteers. Readers can get a list
of help files by sending command 'index ccman-l' to listserv@uga.bitnet.
Thanks to Minghui Yao for his corrections.]
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1002) Where can I find more Chinese softwares in public domain?
Here are some useful anonymous ftp sites for Chinese related software:
ahkcus.org [192.55.187.25]
This is the KING site of Chinese computing.
[Directories indicated in parentheses]
Articles in BIG5 from HKU (big5/),
IFCSS Newsletters in GB (gb/ifcss-nl/),
CND Chinese Magazine in GB & postscript (gb/cnd-cm/)
CND Chinese Magazine(uuencoded) (cnd-cm/)
CND archives(English) (cnd-g/, cnd-us/, cnd-ca/, cnd-ep/, cnd-packages)
HKU Chinese News utilities, GB<->BIG5 conversion utilities for
unix, vms, Mac and PC (src/unix, src/vms/,src/Mac, src/pc/),
BYX1.1 Chinese Editor (src/pc/)
NJSTAR2.0 Chinese Editor (src/pc/NJSTAR)
CWP1.2 Chinese Editor (src/pc/CWP)
blackbox.hacc.washington.edu [128.95.200.1]
pub/poorman/
poor man's Chinese and Japanese TeX.
chiris.stevens-tech.edu [192.12.216.114]
ChTeX
(As of Nov 1990 chiris.stevens-tech.edu directories are locked.
I don't know when or if they will be open again.
If you ftp there, the username is supposed to be "ftp" as
opposed to "anonymous".)
crl.nmsu.edu [128.123.1.14]
pub/chinese/
pub/chinese/fonts/
pub/misc/
Chinese X11 fonts, ChTeX, kterm 4.1.2, cxterm, celvis
dvi2ps that works with ChTeX
Byx 1.1 (Chinese editor for PC DOS)
cs.purdue.edu [128.10.2.1]
pub/ygz/
cxterm, celvis, cemacs, cclib16* fonts
ftphost.cac.washington.edu [128.95.112.1]
pub/
chinese.tar.Z - assorted programs [some programs are the outdated
stuff from old site "june.cs.washington.edu"- The
site has been deleted now]
hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16]
pub/zhongwen/
beijing24.bdf, Pinyin pronunciation tables,
Pinyin->GB code table
[This file was originally compiled by Stephen G Simpson. Thanks to
Lite Lin, Xiaofei Wang, Ricky Yeung and Stephen G Simpson for pointing
out some outdated sites and files]
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1003) Where can I find more commercial Chinese softwares?
{N.B} Many information here are compiled from past postings or private
emails, some of them are already outdated. Please check for latest info.
Here are some commercial publications:
*** China Books & Periodicals
2929 24th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94110;
phone (415) 282-2994
Name of software / hardware requirements / cost
1. TianMa II+ / IBM & compatibles, graphics card / $695
2. ReadyPage / IBM & compatibles, hard disk, graphics card / $595
3. BrushWriter 4 / Mac 512K, 2 floopies or hard drive || IBM & compatibles,
graphics card / $599 (Mac), $750 (IBM) (PS/2 version available)
4. MisHu 2.0 / Mac 512K, 2 floopies or hard drive / $89 ($59 with student
id)
5. PX Magic Typist / IBM & compatibles / $99
6. PX Chinese Magic Typist For TianMa II / IBM & compatibles / $199
7. Dr Kompac's Computerized Chinese-English English-Chinese Dictionary,
version 2.0 / IBM & compatibles, hard disk, graphics card / $89
Also shown in the catalog with little description:
1. FeiMa / PS/2 || Mac / no price given
2. Rapid Voice Authoring System / IBM / $300
They also mention 2 programs for learning Chinese:
1. ChinEase / IBM & compatibles, graphics card / $49.95
2. Chinese-English Hypercard Flashcards / Mac Plus and above / $99.95
[from Harlan Seyfer <hks@MYERS.CRAY.COM>, 24 Jan 90. {N.B} This file
is certainly outdated, but at least it can give you some hints. Will
any kind soul mail me any up-to-date info? Thanks]
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Get "Duke Chinese Typist" (for $25) from
*** 2111 Campus Drive
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706
---------
Get Chinese Windows 3.0A from
*** Information Integration, Inc.
East Coast: (301)840-8977 (ask Sheena)
West Coast: (415)840-1320 (ask Eric)
On the ad:
*All MS Windows 3.0 features, adding Chinese input and output capability
*Three fonts (Ming, Yuan[round] and Hei[black] Ti), scalable
*Screen input, CangJie, Fast, Inercode, ZhuYin
*Free wordprocessing, drawing and form applications
*for business
*for child education
Also available: traditional<->simplified ZhiKu (fonts?), PinYin
input, handwriting input, Chinese OCR.
---------
*** Abest
83-09 Northern Blvd
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(718)507-8485, fax:507-7795
It carries the whole line of ET products
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Get "Byx 2.1" from
*** P.O.Box 8012
Berkeley, CA 94707
(415)526-2576 (west coast) or
(617)424-1592 (east coast)
More Contact Information:
MAILING: YONGXING/SANS SOFTWARE
P.O. BOX 1462
BROOKLINE, MA 02146
PHONE/FAX: (617)-424-1592
Developers: Yan Yongxin: (301)-220-3079 (Eastern time)
Zhao Sanping: (617)-424-1592 (Eastern time)
More Information about BYX 2.1, see the file in the following site:
Site: ahkcus.org [ 192.55.187.25 ]
Directory: src/pc/BYX
File: XLBRinfo-BYX21.zip
Site: crl.nmsu.edu [ 128.123.1.14 ]
Directory: pub/chinese
File: XLBRinfo-BYX21.zip
[from Rupert Zhu, University of Waterloo, August 2, 1991]
--------
You can get FoChinese editor and software, you may contact
Right Track Computer, 818-443-9991
--------
You can get E-Ten for $88.00 and another $5.00 for UPS Next Day Shipping.
from
*** Pacific Rim Connection
3030 Atwater Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
(415)-697-0911, Fax:697-9439
Remember most of the softwares Pacific Rim has are sold by other
sources. However, Pacific Rim has the largest collection of
oriental language related softwares. Most of the softwares are
for IBM PC. Many of them have Mac versions.
Please note that I have no connection with Pacific Rim Connection, Inc.
Available from Pacific Rim Others
Chinese Word BrushWriter 4.5, TianMa II+, FeiMa, ET, 5-Stroke
Processing Easyword, Mishu Chinese Accessory for (WuBiXing), Byx
and Desktop Mac, MacChinese, Ready Page, Pinxxiee, (XiaLiBaRen),
Publishing Jiejing (Shortcut), Chinastar II-5565 DukeWrite?(from Duke),
Ch-series, CPTS,
Bisheng
DataBase
Spread Sheet AhMei (Chart)
and Graphics
accounting (Office Plus)
Draw and Art(AhTu)
Paint
Education, Book of Chang: I-Ching, ChinEASE,
Chinese Bilingual Scholar, Rapid Voice Card,
Tutoring Chinese Pronunciation, Chinese Survival
Manual & Language Lab, Chinese
Flashcard Stack
Game Xi'an 3.0, Contender GO (new 3-D) Go
[from Pacific Rim Connections' catalog, posted by some netlanders]
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1004) Where can I find information about usage frequency of Chinese characters?
Here are some:
- A Dictionary of Chinese Character Information, Farton-Science Press Ltd
Shanghai, 1346 pp. (han4zi xin1xi zi4dian3) in Chinese. It contains
some 10.000 characters. The frequency is given for the more important
characters. For the rarely used characters it is anyway not of much use
to give a certain frequency. The book should be available from:
International Sales and Marketing Department
SCIENCE PRESS
Beijing
People's Republic of China
for US$ 28.-. The data should also be available on tape, but the prize
seems to be very high.
- Bei Guiqin and Zhang Xuetao: Hanzi Pindu Tongji (Chinese Character
Frequency Statistics) published by the Dianzi Gongye Chuban She
(Electronic Industry Publishing Company), 1988, 310 pp. (ISBN
7-5053-0147-11). This book is based on the famous character statistics
of the middle 70ies. Although the 6000 most frequently used charcters
are aranged acording to their frequency, the book contains an alphabetical
pinyin index.
- Bo Yonghe: Hanzi Shuxing Zidian (Chinese Character Atribute Dictionary),
1989, 1906 pp. Contains a radical index to the main body. There are also
data on character frequency.
[from A06G@DHBRRZ41.BITNET (Urs)]
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1005) What is GB, BIG5, Unicode and other coding systems?
GB is the official standard in mainland China, and an unofficial
standard in places where simplified Chinese characters are used, such
as Singapore and among mainland Chinese resident abroad. Don't use it
unless your system is geared exclusively toward simplified characters.
GB does not distinguish between traditional characters that correspond
to the same simplified character (such as mian4 ("face") and mian4
("noodle, wheat")).
BIG5 is the official standard in Taiwan and an unofficial standard in
other places where traditional characters are used, e.g. Hong Kong.
It has codes for almost twice as many characters as GB.
JIS is the official standard in Japan for Japanese. Although it
includes Japanese kanji, I believe it excludes even some commonly used
Chinese characters.
Unicode is an international standard for character representation.
It incorporates codes for simplified Chinese characters,
traditional Chinese characters, Japanese, Korean, and
virtually all alphabets used anywhere in the world. But the code
order is not necessarily related to GB, BIG5, or JIS.
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1006) How to convert GB/Big5 to dot matrix?
There are many ways of doing it, one way to do in unix is:
b2g -b GB_File | readnews > ASCII_File
GB --> Big5 --> ASCII
b2g is available via anonymous ftp in the src/unix subdirectory at
ahkcus.org [192.55.187.25].
readnews is available via anonymous ftp in the src/pc/hku subdirectory
at ahkcus.org [192.55.187.25]. [ It is in pc directory but the source
code can be compiled on unix. ]
[From xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu]
Please also note that you can convert BIG5 to ASCII directly from hzview.
[danj1@ihspa.att.com (Dan Jacobson)]
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1007) What is "hz2PS"?
Hz2ps 2.1 is a slightly enhanced version of hz2ps 2.0.
Since the release of version 2.0 about a year ago, many users have
expressed their wish to print only a selected range of pages, in addition
to the whole file. Hence, we have this new version.
If only ONE page is converted, the output PostScript file should conform
to Encapsulated PostScript file version 3.0 (EPSF-3.0).
This format facilitates inclusion of the EPS file into other documents.
For example, you can include the file as a figure using psfig in LaTeX.
The program supports both horizontal and vertical printing mode with or
without page numbers. Other printing options and fonts can also be
selected. Please see the man page "hz2ps.1" for details.
The program "hz2ps 2.1" is now available on the ftp site "ahkcus.org".
(ftp as user anonymous with no need of a password)
The files are
ahkcus.org: src/unix/hz2ps-2.1.tar.Z
ahkcus.org: src/unix/hzfont.tar.Z
Enjoy!
Fung F. Lee ~{@n7c7e~}
P.S. Another PS converter "gb2ps" by Wei Sun is also in the same directory.
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1008) What is Cxterm?
Cxterm is a Chinese xterm for X11 window system, which supports
both GuoBiao (GB2312-1980) encoding and the Big5 encoding. There are
currently 12 hanzi input methods. Users can redefine any existing
input methods or create their own ones, by writing input table files
and load them at run time.
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1009) What is Celvis?
Celvis is a Chinese version of the Unix editor vi/ex. It can edit
Chinese text, English text, or the mixture of both. It runs on cxterm
or other Chinese systems (e.g. ETen DOS).
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1010) What is Cemacs?
Cemacs is a Chinese version of the editor emacs.
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1011) What is ChTex?
ChTeX is a Chinese version of TeX/LaTeX, a widely used typeseting
system, Poorman's TeX is another version of TeX which also supports
Chinese.
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1012) What is ChiRK?
ChiRK stands for "CHInese Reader on teKtronics compatible graphics
terminals". It's a UNIX based program for displaying GouBiao (GB) or BIG5
encoded Chinese Characters in both 8bit (raw) and 7bit (HZ or zW encoding)
format on terminals capable of emulating Tektronics 401x graphics. Those are
the most common types of graphics terminals around.
ChiRK 1.2 has been tested and works without any ( yet) problem on following
terminals: Tektronics 4010/4014; GraphOn 225, 230, 140; DEC VT240, VT330/340;
XTerm; Tektool on SunView; EM4105 on IBM-PC; VersaTerm-Pro on Macintosh, etc.
And it should work on any other type of Tek compatible terminal with few,
if any, lines of the codes changed.
ChiRK 1.2 now works with USENET Read-News( rn) and UNIX Mail without the
effort of saving the messages containning HZ/zW encoded Chinese texts.
When reading GuoBiao encoded Chinese characters, you have the option of
choosing a vector font (cclib.v), which works faster, or one bitmap font
(cclib.16), which may look nicer on some of the terminals; or one traditional
(FanTi) font (cclibf.16). Only a bitmap font (chinese.16) is available for
displaying BIG5 encoded characters. The default screen will display 40
Chinese characters, or 80 ASCII characters per line, and 18 lines each screen.
[eric@sdphu1.ucsd.edu (Bo Yang)]
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1013) What do I use under VMS?
Digital Asia Region, have DECwrite/Hanzi (for simplified Chinese
Char in GB standard internal code) and DECwrite/Hanyu (for Traditional
Chinese Char in TW's internal code) running on either DECwindow or
DECwindow Motif, they are all based on X11, on both DECstation which
run Ultrix and VAXstation which run VMS or Ultrix. It's more than a
word processor, but a typesetting system.
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1014) What is CCNET? How can I subscribe it?
The Chinese Computing Network (CCNET) is a computer network forum on
technologies relating to the use of Chinese on computers. It covers
a broad range of topics from the technologies for Chinese word processing
to desktop publishing, both software and hardware.
The articles in this forum may include:
a) News of new software, hardwares and technologies;
b) Product reviews;
c) New ideas, inspirations;
d) Comments;
e) Questions and Answers.
To subscribe to CCNET, send command
SUB CCNET-L your name
to
LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET or LISTSERV@UGA.UGA.EDU
[compiled from the welcome message when subscribing to CCNET]
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1015) Can someone tell me something about Chinese Windows 3.0?
Chineses Windows 3.0 - the general feedback is good, some
improvements to be made include scalable font, more Chinese fonts,
more input methods. And some applications, like Words for Windows
does not support Chinese, and Corel-Draw does not use the system
Chinese font.
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1016) Where can I find a public domain Chinese Chess program?
Haiying Wang wrote a cchess program for sun/4, the binary can be
anonymously ftp-ed from menaik.cs.ualberta.ca [129.128.4.241] as
/pub/CChess.tar.Z. It is not a freeware though the binary is
distributed, readers say it is buggy.
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1017) Where can I find a Luna Calendar software?
*The software is available on the anonymous ftp server ahkcus.org
*as src/unix/lunar-2.1.tar.Z
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1018) Are there any other China/Chinese related interest groups?
[From: hartmut bohn ldv <bohn@utrurt.uucp>
OR: bohn%utrurt@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de]
CCMAN-L
-------
Purpose: An electronic magazine published weekly in
the Chinese language. Viewing software is provided
for a wide variety of terminals.
Location: USA (University of Georgia)
Moderated: Yes, published by CND
Subscription: "SUB CCMAN-L <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CCMAN-L@UGA.BITNET
or: CCMAN-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
2. Server: LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET
or: LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
3. Organised by: CND
4. Moderator: cnd-cm@sdsc.edu
CCNET (Chinese Computing Network)
---------------------------------
Purpose: The Chinese Computing Network is a computer network
forum on technologies relating to the use of
Chinese on computers.
Location: USA (New York)
Moderated: No
Subscription: "SUB CCNET-L <Your full name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CCNET-L@UGA.BITNET
or: CCNET-L@UGA.UGA.EDU
2. Server: LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET
or: LISTSERV@UGA.UGA.EDU
3. Organised by: INR@UGA.BITNET (Weihe Guan)
CHINA
-----
Purpose: Discussions on topics related to
Chinese Studies
Location: USA (Princeton University)
Moderated: Yes
Subscription: 1. "SUB CHINA <Your full name>" to server
2. The moderator sends the list guidelines
3. send acknowledgement to moderator
Addresses: 1. List: CHINA@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
2. Server: LISTSERV@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
3. Organised by: q4356@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU *
4. Moderator: q4356@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
* Tom Nimick and David C. Wright
CHINA-NT (China Net)
--------------------
Purpose: For IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese
Students and Scholars)
Location: USA (University of Georgia)
Moderated: Currently no
Subscription: "SUB CHINA-NT <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CHINA-NT@UGA.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET
3. Organised by: China-Net Management Comittee (CNMC)
4. Moderator: net-cord@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (CNMC)
CHINANET
--------
Purpose: Networking in China
Location: USA (Texas A&M University)
Moderated: No
Subscription: "SUB CHINANET <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CHINANET@TAMVM1.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@TAMVM1.BITNET
3. Organised by: X040BK@TAMVM1.BITNET (Butch Kemper)
CHPOEM
------
Purpose: Exchange and discuss your favourite Chinese poems
- classical or modern.
Location: USA (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Moderated: No
Subscription: "SUB CHPOEM-L <Your full name>" to server
Addresses: List: CHPOEM-L@UBVM.BITNET
Server: LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET
Listowner: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Wang Xiaofei)
CND Canada
----------
Purpose: Relay CND-Global for Canadian Readers, and
local news for and about Chinese in Canada
Location: Canada (University of Victoria)
Moderated: Yes
Subscription: "SUB CNC-L <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CNC-L@UVVM.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@UVVM.BITNET
3. Organised by: CND
4. Moderator: cnd-canada@sdsc.edu
CND-EP
------
Purpose: China News Digest - European/Pacific Branch
Location: USA (Indiana University)
Moderated: Yes
Subscription: "SUB CND-EP <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CND-EP@IUBVM.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@IUBVM.BITNET
3. Organised by: CND
4. Moderator: cnd-ep@sdsc.edu
CND-Global (China News Digest - Global)
----------------------------------------
Purpose: Provides daily news digest about what is
happening in China.
Location: USA (Arizona State University)
Moderated: Yes
Subscription: "SUB CHINA-NN <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CHINA-NN@ASUACAD.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET
3. Organised by: CND
4. Moderator: cnd-editor@sdsc.edu
CND-US (China News Digest - US)
-------------------------------
Purpose: News and information for and about Chinese
students and scholars in the US
Location: USA (Kent State University)
Moderated: Yes
Subscription: "SUB CHINA-ND <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: CHINA-ND@KENTVM.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET
3. Organised by: CND
4. Moderator: cnd-us@sdsc.edu
EMEDCH-L
--------
Purpose: Discussions on Early Medieval China
Location: USA (University of Southern California)
Moderated: No
Subscription: "SUB EMEDCH-L <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: EMEDCH-L@USCVM.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@USCVM.BITNET
3. Organised by: Ken Klein
TWUNIV-L
--------
Purpose: Chinese Scholars and Students Discussion List.
Discussion on scholarly topics. No politics!
Location: Taiwan (Ministry of Education)
Moderated: No
Subscription: "SUB TWUNIV-L <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: TWUNIV-L@TWNMOE10.BITNET
2. Server: LISTSERV@TWNMOE10.BITNET
3. Owner: NCUS002@TWNMOE10.BITNET
ZHONGWEN
--------
Purpose: Information and discussions on "Chinese Computing"
with special attention to Europe.
Also maintains a ftp archive for Chinese related
software.
Location: Sweden (Royal Institute of Technology)
Moderated: No
Subscription: E-mail to server (in natural language :-)
Addresses: 1. List: zhongwen@NADA.KTH.SE
2. Server: zhongwen-request@nada.kth.se
3. Organised by: mrfung@NADA.KTH.SE (Lars E. Frederiksson)
paf@NADA.KTH.SE (Patrik Faltstrom)
4. FTP archive: ftp.kth.se <130.237.72.201>
directory: CJK
NIHONGO (Japanese Language Discussion List)
-------------------------------------------
Purpose: Discussions on all aspects of the Japanese
language
Location: USA (MIT)
Moderated: no
Subscription: "SUB NIHONGO <Your Full Name>" to server
Addresses: 1. List: NIHONGO@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
2. Server: LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
3. Organised by: STRAZ-SUPPORT@CS.MEDIA-LAB.MEDIA.MIT.EDU
(Steve Strassman)
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1019) How do you use these Chinese softwares with the email programs?
You can directly mail a Chinese letter if the mailer would not strip
the most significant bits. Unfortunately, most of the internet
mailers (SMTP) running today WILL do the stripping. Inside my
company, all the eight bits in the bytes are transmitted intact. So I
can enjoy sending Chinese e-mails internally. I believe more and more
new SMTP programs will support full 8 bits since ASCII is no longer
the only information been transmitted. Does anybody know about X.400?
Does it strip MSBs? My guess is not.
One way of sending Chinese letters between Unix systems is to uuencode
the mails. The receiving side needs to uudecode it to be able to read
it. You can use other programs such as btoa/atob but they are not as
convenient as uuencode/uudecode.
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1020) Which Chinese editor support kterm?
Celvis works with kterm. But I would suggest to use cxterm instead of
kterm. The input conversion is builtin in cxterm, so the separated
input server for kterm is not needed in cxterm. There is X11 font for
traditional Chinese characters, hku-ch16.
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1021) Does that mean Japanese are more influencial in X environment?
than Chinese/Taiwanese/HKer?
The problem is that no one directly submits Chinese font to X
Consortium for contribution. And X Consortium doesn't take public
domain font. I wonder if any Chinese/Taiwan/HK company wants to make
their copyrighted fonts available to X. But Japanese and Korean did.
There are Japanese and Korean fonts in X11R5 distribution, but no
Chinese font.