Subject: WordPerfect Chinese

From: "Martin J. Heijdra" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 11:13:08 EST

Several messages mentioned WordPerfect Chinese as something in the
works.

I assume people were talking about DOS/Windows systems; we Macintosh users
know of course that WordPerfect 2.1.4 and up (English version) is fully
compatible with Chinese (GB and Big-5, according to what system is
installed at the system level; both are possible in the same document!),
WordPerfect 3.0 goes even further than "just compatible", and a fully
localized 2.2 Chinese Simplifies version exists.

While some of you (I won't mention names) are still trying to set the
clock back a decade and write Chinese-only programs "from the bottom
up" whatever that means, other programmers have created a fully multilingual
environment where ANY script can be used in ANY (properly written) program.
Mac is there, Windows will be there. Don't waste your time!

Martin Heijdra/Gest/Princeton.