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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Gjerstad [SMTP:kevingj@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 1:52 PM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: RE: Can we read Arabic Text on English ver of Windows95
>
>
> IE/OE4 does have East Asian language input support now. You can download
> these from http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/ime.htm Currently Japanese
> and
> Korean IMEs are available and Traditional and Simplified Chinese IMEs will
> be as well within the next 2 weeks. They work on all Win32 platforms.
>
> We have not yet published the API but will in the near future via the
> appropriate SDK and available through MSDN.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Perkins [mailto:gperkins+uaa@memwizard.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 12:58 PM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Re: Can we read Arabic Text on English ver of Windows95
>
>
> I'm delighted that Microsoft is making these language packs generally
> available, and in so many languages. I'm using all four of the CJK
> language
> packs right now, and they add tremendous value to Windows as a
> general-purpose gateway to the Internet as well as making it a better
> general-purpose computing platform.
>
> How soon will the language packs have input methods?
>
> Will/do they have public IME APIs that allow third parties to sell input
> methods that work with the language packs?
>
> Will they continue to work on *all* full-sized versions of Win32 after you
> add input methods? (95, 98, NT4?)
>
> Since WindowsCE is Unicode-based, will any language packs be available for
> CE? Handheld PC? Palm-sized PC?
>
> Thanks,
> __Glen Perkins__
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lori Brownell <loribr@microsoft.com>
> To: Unicode List <unicode@unicode.org>
> Cc: john@tradoc.fr <john@tradoc.fr>
> Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 7:58 AM
> Subject: RE: Can we read Arabic Text on English ver of Windows95
>
>
> >The same version supports Arabic and Hebrew, as well as Thai, Hindi and
> >Tamil. We are working on getting all of the appropriate IE4 language
> packs
> >posted to make it easier to obtain appropriate fonts. These language
> packs
> >will only be meaninful when installed on the English UI product enabled
> for
> >Complex Scripts, as John mentioned earlier.
> >
> >I expect that the complex script enabled version of IE4 should run fine
> on
> a
> >non-English version of Winodws, e.g., French Win95, however, it is not
> >officially tested or supported.
> >
> >Thanks - Lori Brownell
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: john@tradoc.fr [SMTP:john@tradoc.fr]
> >> Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 11:26 PM
> >> To: Unicode List
> >> Subject: Re: Can we read Arabic Text on English ver of Windows95
> >>
> >> On Sun, 31 May 1998 13:26:28 -0700 (PDT), John McConnell wrote:
> >> >1. Download IE4 for enabled for Arabic from
> >> >http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iebuild/IE4_Win32/AR/10698.htm
> >> >This version is a superset of the English version of IE4 and includes
> >> >support for the DIR attribute, BDO element, the Unicode bidi algorithm
> >> and
> >> >the layout and rendering necessary for Arabic.
> >>
> >> Lori has told us that the same applies for Hebrew, but does this one
> >> version do both scripts?
> >>
> >> Subsidiary question: can this version be used with a non-English
> >> version of Windows (e.g. French Win95 or NT4)?
> >> --
> >> John Wilcock, http://www.tradoc.fr/john/
> >
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