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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

3467.0. "international use of US version" by ULYSSE::GEERDES (Ben Geerdes) Thu Oct 28 1993 19:31


	Customer will install an US version (2.4) in the UK.
	
	People from the UK, Germany and France will be using this system.

	North American, French and German dictionaries are required.


	Remote people will be using terminal emulators from DOS (SETHOST)
	and Windows (Reflections).

	The keyboards used will all be QWERTY 101 keyboards.

	The issues:

		People need to be able to create,read and print
	        WPSPLUS documents and be able to address people
		in the three different languages involved.
		It should be possible to generate all characters that are part
		 of the language and to print them.

	Are there any problems in doing this?

	What are possible problems and how can they be solved?

	Is the COMPOSE utility in Windows a possibility?

	Are local language versions of emulators required?

	Will there be a need to switch to different character sets?

	Any information on this is appreciated.

	Thanks

		Ben

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3467.1	A few comments	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Spitfire Drivers Do It Topless	`Thu Oct 28 1993 20:40`	19
	>> Are there any problems in doing this? You need to check whether US + French + German is a supported combination of languages. I can never remember which document gives this information. If it's supported, then it should all work fine from an ALL-IN-1 point of view. >> Is the COMPOSE utility in Windows a possibility? Depends on the terminal emulator. Sorry, I'm not familiar with Reflections. >> Are local language versions of emulators required? >> Will there be a need to switch to different character sets? If the emulators support DEC MCS characters, there should be no problems here. If they don't, then you're in trouble: all the characters are generated at the ALL-IN-1 end; the emulator either displays them or it doesn't, there shouldn't need to be any messing with switching character sets at the PC end. Scott
3467.2	Language combination OK technically...	IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Tue Nov 02 1993 13:04`	5
	US + French + German is technically supported, but I don't know if the pilot of supporting other languages in the US that Atlanta ran made it into real life. I expect ADW will tell us shortly. Graham
3467.3	Ah but the customer is in the U.K	AIMTEC::WICKS_A	U.S.A 2 England 0 - I was there!	`Tue Nov 02 1993 19:32`	9
	GAP, I don't think what happens in the U.S is relevant in this case since Ben's customer is in the U.K so i'd suggest asking Jill Houlding what the state of multilingual support is there. regards, Andrew.D.Wicks
3467.4		IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Thu Nov 04 1993 20:30`	5
	Oh yeah. I keep forgetting where you are Ben! Graham