At the same time, Unix Systems Laboratories Pacific announced Japanese language extensions for Unix System V.4.2. This includes functions such as complete Japanisation of the desktop including menus, icons, and help messages; X Window-based character input method, XIM; Japanese system messages and Japanese terminal information. General release and sales started on November 16. In addition […]
At the same time, Unix Systems Laboratories Pacific announced Japanese language extensions for Unix System V.4.2. This includes functions such as complete Japanisation of the desktop including menus, icons, and help messages; X Window-based character input method, XIM; Japanese system messages and Japanese terminal information. General release and sales started on November 16. In addition to the Japanese environment, it is possible to switch to other languages such as Korean and Chinese, with instantaneous conversion of the desktop language, and without rebooting, in much the same way as the Macintosh’s System 7 WorldScript. On top of such a language extension, be it for Japanese, Korean or Chinese, individual input methods are maintained. For the Japanese environment, Unix Labs claims many advantages for the new extensions, including easier installation and architecture independence.
