Subject: Install new script into an existing system

From: Huangxin Wang <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1991 14:17:03 EDT

With Macintosh Scipt Manager, it is said it's possible to install several
script into a same system.  Has anyone ever tried that?  The specific
situations are:

	(1)  Install Taiwan System into Mainland System, thus one can
use both Simplified and Traditional Chinese;

	(2)  Install Chinese script into regular US System (rather than using
the Ch6.07 system file from Apple), in that case, Finder will appear in
English (in geneva font), the System font will be still in Chicago rather
in *Beijing* font.  But the Chinese is still available by a Ctl-Space.
This is neccesary since we are here in the US, and we don't want to confuse
our American collegues with the Chinese menus or dialog.  And switching
between Enlish System and Chinese System by Blesser and rebooting is quite
a nuisance.

	BTW, if you just want to let the Finder to appear in the regular
English way (Geneva font, which will display faster than *Beijing* font),
you can simply replace the Finder by the corresponding one in the English
system.  But the systemFont and dialogs, etc, are still in *Beijing*

		Huangxin Wang 王璜鑫, University of Pennsylvania

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From: Jing Guo <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1991 14:58:17 -0400

>With Macintosh Scipt Manager, it is said it's possible to install
>several script into a same system.

Are you talking about System 7.0?  My understanding is that under
system 7, one can make a small change to the US system file with
ResEdit, then drag different KCHR resources into the system suitcase.
As the result, you have a script menu next to the application menu.

I have tried that with a couple of KCHR resources(just minor variations
from the standard Mac keyboard layout).  Will it work with Chinese or
Kanji system as well?  Maybe somebody out there know more about Sys-7
can give us an answer?

Jing