From: hiro@ice3.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Yasu-Hiro YAMAZAKI) Subject: Re: Japanese editor for LinuX Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 02:09:25 GMT
Hello, Alex and netters.
In article <alex.740659549@aix520>
alex@aix520.informatik.uni-leipzig.de writes:
> I just installed Linux 0.99pl9, but to perform a full retreat from
> DOS I lack a nice little editor for japanese texts, preferably with
> some kind of dictionary.
You need three kinds of tools to handle the Japanese language
on your computer.
First, you need a Japanese terminal software.
"kterm" is the one for the X-window, and "kon" makes it possible
to display Japanese characters on the native console of linux. Of
course, both require Japanese fonts, which will be found in the
same place.
Secondly, you need an alphabet-Japanese converter to help input
Japanese characters from your keyboard. "Wnn" and "Canna" are the
two majyor softwares for the sake of this.
Lastly, you need a Japanese editor. "Nemacs" and "Mule" will be
the good choices for the emacs lovers, while "jstevie" is the one
for the vi'st. Nemacs handles Japanese and English, while Mule
does lots of languages in the world. Mule is still on its development
stage, though most people think it stable enough for thier uses.
Both of these have built-in interfaces to access alphabet-Japanese
converters.
BTW: I use kterm, kon, Canna and Nemacs every day.
There are several ftp sites which carry some or all of these
in Japan. I will post the name of the best sites for forign
users, after I ask the Japanese developing members, because
some sites might not have fast connection to the internet.
So, please e-mail me if you needed the information *very* soon.
Appendix:
Japanese TeX stuff runs fine under linux, including previewer for
both X and non-X, with several printer drivers.
Hope this helps.
--Hiro, from Toronto Canada