Subject: MS CWIN 3.0

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1991 16:44:14 TZONE

>	From: [email-masked]
>	You should not be surprise. BIG-5 uses double bytes character set and
>	all the current applications assume that you will just input the normal
>	single byte character set.
>
>	Most of the string functions will not work properly any more. You need
>	to rewrite a set of string function to handle the double bytes character
>	set. Otherwise, the string will screw up your internal memory and your
>	machine will either hangs or give you UAE.
>
>	I don't know any other application works under Chinese Window.

>From what I understand, applications(e.g Excel, Winword) that run under
English Windows 3.0 should usually run under Chinese Windows 3.0 in either
English input mode or Chinese input mode of CWIN3.
Because they are not double byte applications, you need to
be more careful when use them, e.g. to use delete key twice to delete
a Chinese character and other things to avoid trouble.

Of course, it will be best if double byte version of the applications
are avaliable to process Chinese text under CWIN3.

>	| Does Chinese Windows support Bopomofo input?
>
>	No, just taiwan style pinyin.

It seems that some people refer Bopomofo input as the same thing as Zhu4yin1
input (or phonetic input in English) that is used in Taiwan.   CWIN3 does
support Zhu4yin1 input, as well as Cang1jie2 and Big5 internal code input
methods.

>	1. My project in Microsoft has nothing related to CWIN 3.0. I am just a
>	normal John Doe user.
>
>	2. My opinion is my own, it has nothing to do with my employer.

Same for me here.  Except just tried it a little bit, I don't know too much
about the product.

-xiangjun