7.293, FYI: Shanghai Linguist, Cyrillic texts
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LINGUIST List: Vol-7-293. Sun Feb 25 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 244
Subject: 7.293, FYI: Shanghai Linguist, Cyrillic texts
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1)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:04:43 PST
From: bingfu at chaph.usc.edu (Lu Bingfu)
Subject: Reannouncement of Shanghai Linguist
2)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 18:32:40 +0300
From: kv at kv.inzer.msk.su (Krasner Vitaly)
Subject: Cyrillic texts
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1)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:04:43 PST
From: bingfu at chaph.usc.edu (Lu Bingfu)
Subject: Reannouncement of Shanghai Linguist
In the previous announcement of Shanghai linguist, I forgot to put
the method to subscribe. Here it is now.
We are pleased to announce the establishment of interenet forum
of Shanghai linguists.
The principle goal of this forum is to promote the understanding
of and research in Shanghai Chinese -- the language spoken by citizens
of the largest city on earth. Although it has always been referred to
as a dialect of Chinese, and although it shares a large portion of its
vocabulary with standard Chinese, Shanghai Chinese is different enough
in its phonology, morphology and even syntax from standard Chinese
that it is a unique linguistic system in its own right. A more
rigorous study of this system will no doubt enrich our knowledge of
human languages in general and of Shanghai Chinese in particular.
Toward that end, this forum provides an ideal environment where people
can solicit data or exchange ideas related to Shanghai Chinese without
having to disturb those who are not interested in these matters. With
the help of every one of its participants including you, we trust this
forum will prove its worth to you.
If you need to post a message to this forum, simply mail it to
shanghai at ucdavis.edu. But if you decide to subscribe to it in the
future, please remember that you should send in you request to
listproc at ucdavis.edu. The message body should just be:
subscribe shanghai yourfirstname yourlastname
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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 18:32:40 +0300
From: kv at kv.inzer.msk.su (Krasner Vitaly)
Subject: Cyrillic texts
Dear colleague,
If you or your friends have to deal with Cyrillic texts in your work, you are
welcome to the new series of the CyrWin cyrillisators:
CyrWin for MS Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
We also call your attention to the universal gallery of Cyrillic
TrueType fonts suitable for all three operating systems
listed above.
The major purpose of using the Cyrillisator is to provide you
with the ability to
- work with a Cyrillic interface;
- switch keyboard layouts by means of a wide variety of hot keys;
- have the current status of the keyboard indicated;
- customize your keyboard layout;
- read Cyrillic texts using the included set of Cyrillic True Type fonts.
We offer you the following products:
1. CyrWin 4.0 for Windows 3.1x - a powerful multilingual support
system allows you to
* Substitute standard Windows fonts for their Cyrillic analogues.
(Standard Windows fonts are used in Windows menus and dialogue
boxes, Help-texts, Print Preview presentations, etc.)
* Automatically adjust system fonts when switching the video mode;
* Edit a keyboard layout and save various layouts using the simple and
intuitive Keyboard Layout Editor. A number of ready-to-use
keyboard layouts for several languages are also available.
By modifying an existing layout, you can develop the desired one.
For instance, if you need the Ukrainian layout, you can add extra
characters to the standard Russian layout and save
the result under a new name. In the alternative ("Russian") mode
you can use the "third layout" by pressing the ALT key.
For example, it is useful to include in such a layout some
characters ("?","-","/" and other special symbols) that are absent
from the Russian layout.
* Use a number of functions which work with large font collections. First,
you can view font samples before the fonts are actually
installed in Windows.
Second, you can divide the collection of fonts into groups
(Windows standard font group, Cyrillic font group, etc.) and then
manipulate them instead of manipulating single fonts. Third, you
can assign hot keys to the most frequently used fonts.
* Install CyrWin 4.0 in the national version of Windows. Such an
installation allows you to use the above described powerful
features of CyrWin 4.0. In particular, the keyboard layout editing,
quick switching of keyboard layouts, and font managment are
available. Files created in DOS programs are compatible with
Windows applications and vice versa. The system fonts installed
by CyrWin are automatically restored after a change in
display driver or an occasional failure.
CyrWin 4.0 requires:
-Windows 3.1x (national, in particular Russian, version is
permissible);
- Processor 80286 (or better) IBM-compatible computer;
- 2 MB of free space on your hard disk.
CyrWin 4.0 for Windows 3.1x has already been successfully distributed for
some years. Among the users of CyrWin 4.0 there
are Embassies of the USA, France, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand,
as well as the Moscow offices of AT&T GIS, General Electric,
Technoware Ltd. from Tokyo (installed in Japanese Windows) and
many others.
2. CyrWin 95 for Windows 95 allows you to
* Use the set of Cyrillic system fonts which make it possible to work
with any Cyrillic program. Use the set of Cyrillic (Russian) TrueType
fonts (3 typefaces, 12 fonts) in the Unicode coding. These fonts are
compatible with the fonts from the previous CyrWin versions and
have the same names, so CyrWin users will not have to change
fonts in a previously created document.
* Use several alternative layouts to work on bi- or multilingual
documents during one Windows session.
* Create new, and modify existing keyboard layouts, in a wide variety of
possible ways. To switch layouts, you can use one of the
following methods:
- Press the switching key (CTRL, SHIFT,...) or key combination (a control
key+regular key(s)). Languages in the list are switched
cyclically.
- Choose the desired keyboard layout from the list using the mouse pointer.
- Press the shortcut key assigned to the given language.
The built-in Keyboard Layout Editor allows you to develop new
layouts,as well as to modify the existing ones. You can easily
customize key assignments. To make an assignment you simply
click on the desired key image and then on the character from the
character table. With CyrWin 95, you can, in addition ,to the usual
keyboard layout, also use characters that are accessed with
special key combinations including Right ALT and Right ALT +
SHIFT. Thus each of the keys can be used in four modes
(as it is, combined
with SHIFT,combined with Right ALT, combined with Right
ALT+SHIFT) allowing you to enter almost all of the characters
directly from your keyboard. It is extremely convenient when you
use different kinds of special, graphic,mathematical or mnemonic
characters. Such a "multidimensional" keyboard allows you to
enter characters of another language in a temporary mode. For
example, working on a Russian text, you can put in an English
word or character without changes in the layout - it can be done
simply by holding down the Right ALT key. It is proved that such
input of multilingual texts kept in line with Windows 95 approach)
helps to avoid dispersion of attention while switching layouts and
reduces the risk of repetitive strain injury.
* Download your files created in DOS programs to Windows 95
applications and vice versa.
* Have a handy customized indicator of the current keyboard status.
3. CyrWin NT for Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 offers the same features and
capabilities as the CyrWin described above. CyrWin NT allows
you to work with the Cyrillic fonts on both MS Windows NT Server
and MS Windows NT Workstation.
All the CyrWin versions include the built-in function UNINSTALL. It gives you
an optional ability to delete the previous CyrWin version
or to completely delete CyrWin.
4. The Font Gallery for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT
contains 21 typefaces of Cyrillic TrueType fonts divided into the
following groups:
* art
* business
* education
* pressman
* science.
These fonts are compatible with all the MS Windows operating
systems.
It means that you can create a document in the Windows
3.1x text editor and then easily read it in the Windows 95 or
Windows NT text editor using the same fonts and vice versa. In
other words, the text looks the same in any of the listed operating
systems. Clearly, you can also substitute the language used for the
new one you need and continue your work with the same fonts.
Interactive installation program makes it easy to install the fonts on
your computer. The original package includes two 1.44 MB diskettes
and the manual where all the available fonts from the Font Gallery
are presented.
All the supplied products are provided with the technical support of
the producer by E-mail, fax, and phone.
For more information,contact with us
E-mail: yurik at ix.netcom.com
Fax:(718) 373-94-51
We hope that you will be interested in our products.
PS: Please indicate programs with Cyrillic fonts that you may be
interested in:
- optical recognition of Cyrillic texts;
- intellectual spell checker;
- automatic bi-directional translators;
- information retrieval system;
- other programs.
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