Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:51:08 -0900 tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Lerner wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo well since you have one partition

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Pascal Goguey
Maido maido! On Thursday 27 December 2001 15:01, you wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Yes, freeWnn. In my case, it was awfully simple since I have installed in Japanese (i.e.

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Pascal Goguey
On Friday 28 December 2001 04:57, you wrote: i am working for a japanese-owned company and am the only one using mandrake here. it is one of the reasons why i cannot make my officemates try linux here in the office. Japanese language support is pretty much a black art to me right now. i can

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:40:34 +1100 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes but turbolinux has not been updating frequently and is not as robust as mandrake. i prefer sticking with mandrake and weather the storm. i know there is a solution out there but when it will be available to the

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:57:05 -0500, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:51:08 -0900 tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Lerner wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Doug Lerner
Thanks. I'll try that. Why i18n? I would have never thought of looking there for languages! doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friday, December 28, 2001): Doug Lerner wrote: I was hping to do Japanese reading and writing without installing a Japanese OS interface. Every time somebody suggests

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Doug Lerner
That did seem to install the Japanese system! I am able to get as far now as entering hiragana, but the conversion mode does not seem to be working. I will see what I can find out about this and post again. doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friday, December 28, 2001): Yes of course. Drop in the

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. Why i18n? I would have never thought of looking there for languages! doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friday, December 28, 2001): Doug Lerner wrote: I was hping to do Japanese reading and writing without installing a Japanese OS interface. Every time

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread tek1
i18n = internationalization (i + 18 letters + n) At 09:15 01/12/28 +0900, you wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. Why i18n? I would have never thought of looking there for languages! doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Doug Lerner
How mnemonic. :-) doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thursday, December 27, 2001): i18n = internationalization (i + 18 letters + n) At 09:15 01/12/28 +0900, you wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. Why i18n? I would have never thought of looking there for languages! doug Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-27 Thread Andy Davidson
At 12:40 PM 12/28/01 +0900, Doug Lerner wrote: How mnemonic. :-) doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thursday, December 27, 2001): i18n = internationalization (i + 18 letters + n) It always seemed to me that the very artificial abbreviations for internationalization (=i18n) and localization (=l10n) were

[newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread Doug Lerner
Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:01:18 +0900 Doug Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo yes there is, its called FreeWNN and i think its

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Doug Lerner wrote: Is there something analagous to the Japanese Language Toolkit in MacOS that I can install so that I can read and write Japanese? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo H well since you have one partition open where win2k was, try searching on Two Mandrake at

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread tek1
hi all. i'm also trying to figure out how to get japanese working on my system. the main freewnn site is at: http://www.freewnn.org/ (in japanese), but they have an english page at: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/tomoko-y/biwa/root/wnn_e.html here are some other links that i've

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread Doug Lerner
I was hping to do Japanese reading and writing without installing a Japanese OS interface. Every time somebody suggests something like that I always think, Do they also suggest installing a French OS if they want to read and write email in French? :-) I didn't see anything in the installation

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread Doug Lerner
Hmm... I just read the Japanese freewnn page, and the Japanese install instructions. Two comments: * The page hasn't been updated in over two years. Is that project even active anymore? * The installation instructions end with And that is how you install the server part. Then you need to set

Re: [newbie] Using Japanese?

2001-12-26 Thread Doug Lerner
I did find this page. A lot of steps, but maybe I'll give it a try: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~stefanss/japanese/index.html doug Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com