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1 1989.12.15: Nemacs Ver.3.2.1 (MUSUME-DOUJOUJI version)
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2 1989.12.17: Nemacs Ver.3.2.1A (MUSUME-DOUJOUJI version with ANCHIN patch)
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3 1989.12.22: Nemacs Ver.3.2.3 (YUMENO-AWAYUKI version)
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4 1990.3.3: Nemacs Ver.3.3.1 (HINAMATSURI version)
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5 1990.6.6: Nemacs Ver.3.3.2 (FUJIMUSUME version)
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6 1992.3.4: Mule Ver.0.9.0 Beta
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7 1992.3.23: Mule Ver.0.9.1 Beta
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8 1992.4.6: Mule Ver.0.9.2 Beta
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9 1992.4.18: Mule Ver.0.9.3 Beta
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10 1992.5.28: Mule Ver.0.9.4 Beta
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11 1992.7.31: Mule Ver.0.9.5 Beta
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12 1992.8.5: Mule Ver.0.9.5.1 Beta
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13 1992.10.27: Mule Ver.0.9.6 Beta
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14 1992.12.28: Mule Ver.0.9.7 Beta
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15 1993.1.22: Mule Ver.0.9.7.1 Beta
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16 1993.6.14: Mule Ver.0.9.8 Beta
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17 1993.8.1: Mule Ver.1.0 (KIRITSUBO) based on GNU Emacs 18.59
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18 1994.2.8: Mule Ver.1.1 (HAHAKIGI) based on GNU Emacs 18.59
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19 1994.8.6: Mule Ver.2.0 (UTSUSEMI) based on GNU Emacs 19.25
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20 1994.11.2: Mule Ver.2.1 (YUUGAO) based on GNU Emacs 19.27
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21 1994.12.28: Mule Ver.2.2 (WAKAMURASAKI) based on GNU Emacs 19.28
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22 1995.7.24: Mule Ver.2.3 (SUETSUMUHANA) based on GNU Emacs 19.28
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23
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24 ############################################################
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25 0. INTRODUCTION
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26 1. WHAT IS MULE
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27 2. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
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28 3. SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
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29 4. INSTALLATION
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30 5. DOCUMENTS
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31 6. DISTRIBUTION
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32 7. NEWS GROUP AND MAILING LIST
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33 8. MAIL SERVICE
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34 9. MISC
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35 ############################################################
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36
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37 0. INTRODUCTION
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38
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39 This directory contains the distribution of Mule Ver.2.3.
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40
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41 Mule is free software distributed either as patches to GNU Emacs
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42 (19.28) or as a complete tar file. You can redistribute it and/or
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43 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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44 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
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45 your option) any later version.
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46
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47 Mule is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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48 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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49 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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50 for more details.
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51
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52 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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53 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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54 Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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55
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56
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57 1. WHAT IS MULE?
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58
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59 Mule is a MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs. It can
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60 handle not only ASCII characters (7 bits) and ISO Latin-1 (8
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61 bits), but also Japanese, Chinese, Korean (16 bits) coded in
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62 the ISO2022 standard and its variants (e.g. EUC, Compound
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63 Text). For Chinese there is support for both GB and Big5.
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64 In addition, Thai (based on TIS620), Vietnamese (based on
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65 VISCII and VSCII), Arabic, and Ethiopic are also supported.
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66
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67 A text buffer in Mule can contain a mixture of characters
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68 from these languages. To input any of these characters, you
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69 can use various input methods provided by Mule itself. In
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70 addition, if you use Mule under some terminal emulator
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71 (kterm, mterm, cxterm, or exterm), you can use any input
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72 methods supported by the emulator.
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73
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74
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75 2. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
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76
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77 2.0 ENGLISH
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78
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79 Just type in. :-)
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80
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81 2.1 JAPANESE
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82
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83 It is strongly recommended to install Wnn4.108 or later.
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84 EGG system bundled with Mule can communicate with jserver of
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85 Wnn and provide you a very convenient Japanese inputting
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86 method. Read `EGG (mule)' node in Info for the usage of
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87 this system. You can run Mule as a client of X window, or
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88 run it under some Japanese terminal (including such emulators
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89 as kterm and mterm and exterm). In the latter case, you can
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90 use any inputting methods supported by the terminal. Among
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91 other inputting methods are:
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92 EGG-SJ3, CANNA (bundled with Mule)
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93 SKK, boiled-egg, mlh, tcode (in 'contrib' directory)
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94
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95 2.2 CHINESE
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96
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97 It is strongly recommended to install Wnn4.108 or later.
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98 EGG system bundled with Mule can communicate with cserver of
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99 cWnn and provide you a very convenient Chinese (GB)
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100 inputting method. Read `EGG (mule)' node in Info for the
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101 usage of this system. You can run Mule as a client of X
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102 window, or run it under some Chinese terminal (including
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103 such emulators as cxterm and mterm and exterm). In the
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104 latter case, you can use any inputting methods supported by
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105 the terminal.
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106
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107 QUAIL system (bundled with Mule) also provides several
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108 inputting methods for:
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109 GB: PINYIN, PINYIN_with_TONE, CCDOSPY, SW
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110 Big5: PINYIN, ETZY, ZOZY
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111 Read `Quail (mule)' node in Info for the usage of this system.
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112
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113 Subscribers of alt.chinese.text and alt.chinese.text.big
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114 will find it very useful to use GNUS (news reader written in
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115 Emacs lisp) with gnusutil.el (bundled with Mule). It
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116 encodes/decodes HZ/zW encoding or Big5 to/from Mule internal
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117 code automatically.
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118
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119 2.3 KOREAN
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120
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121 Korean inputting method is provided by QUAIL system (bundled
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122 with Mule). Read `Quail (mule)' node in Info for the usage
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123 of this system. The name of quail-package for Hangul is
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124 `hangul' or `handle3'. You can run Mule as a client of X
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125 window, or run it under Hangul terminal or mterm or exterm.
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126
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127 2.4 EUROPEAN
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128
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129 Many kinds of European character inputting methods are
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130 provided by QUAIL system (bundled with Mule). For the
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131 moment, QUAIL provides inputting methods for:
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132 Latin1, Latin2,.. Latin5, Greek (ISO8859-7),
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133 Hebrew (ISO8859-8), Cyrillic (ISO8859-5)
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134
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135 Read `Quail (mule)' node in Info for the usage of this
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136 system. As for Hebrew, right-to-left writing is supported.
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137 Consult `R2L (mule)' in Info.
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138
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139 The `lisp/iso-*.el' files have not been modified yet for
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140 this version of Mule. Please use quail system instead.
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141
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142 2.5 THAI
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143
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144 Thai support based on TIS620 character set. The inputting
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145 method is also provided by QUAIL system (bundled with Mule).
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146 Read `quail (mule)' node in Info for the usage of this
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147 system. The name of quail-package for Thai is `thai'. A
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148 free font for TIS620 (12x29 dots) is also available in
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149 `fonts/ETL.tar.gz'. To use the font with 12x24 ASCII font,
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150 you should increase upper line-space by a command line
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151 argument of "-lsp". Specify "5+0" as the argument.
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152
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153 2.6 VIETNAMESE
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154
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155 Vietnamese support is based on two-table-VISCII methods,
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156 which divide VISCII's code table into two, lower-case and
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157 upper-case. Mule can read/write any of VISCII, VIQR, VSCII.
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158 The inputting method is also provided by QUAIL system
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159 (bundled with Mule). Read `Quail (mule)' node in Info for
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160 the usage of this system. The name of quail-package for
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161 Vietnamese is `viet'. For X, you can use both VISCII and
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162 VSCII fonts. A free font for VISCII is available in
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163 `fonts/ETL.tar.gz' which is designed suitable for the use
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164 with other ETL fonts.
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165
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166 2.7 ARABIC
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167
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168 Arabic and Persian are supported, but it uses special code
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169 and fonts proper to Mule. To read and write Arabic text,
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170 you need three fonts: etl16-arabic0.bdf (Arabic digits),
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171 etl16-arabic1.bdf (narrow characters) and etl16-arabic2.bdf
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172 (wide characters). These fonts are available in
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173 `fonts/ETL.tar.gz' which is designed suitable for the use
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174 with other ETL fonts. Read `Mule/Languages/Arabic Script
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175 Languages' node in Info for the usage of arabic-mode.
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176
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177 2.8 IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
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178
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179 A subset of IPA is available in Mule. You can use IPA
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180 symbols by loading `lisp/quail/ipa.el'. The name of the
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181 quail package for IPA is `ipa'. The file `fonts/ETL.tar.gz'
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182 contains BDF files of IPA in 14, 16 and 24 dot. For the
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183 usage of quail, read `Quail (mule)' node in Info.
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184
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185 2.9 ETHIOPIC
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186
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187 Ge'ez script (used in Ethiopic) is supported by the latest
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188 release. Use Quail package `ethio' for inputting.
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189
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190
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191 2.10 OTHER LANGUAGES
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192
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193 We are willing to support Devanagali as soon as we get
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194 enough information on how they are supported in the other
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195 softwares.
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196
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197
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198 3. SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
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199
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200 Basically, Mule runs on any systems (and machines) on which
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201 GNU Emacs runs. In addition, several systems (including
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202 DOS, NT) are supported. See etc/MACHINES.
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203
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204
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205 4. INSTALLATION
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206
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207 To install Mule, see INSTALL. Mule specific notices are surrounded by
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208 lines <MULE> and </MULE>.
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209
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210
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211 5. DOCUMENTS
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212
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213 For the moment, we have the following documents.
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214 `etc' directory contains:
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215 FAQ (for original GNU Emacs in English)
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216 FAQ-NEW (new FAQ for original GNU Emacs in English)
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217 FAQ-Mule (for Mule specific items in English)
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218 FAQ-Mule.jp, FAQ-Mule.kr, FAQ-Mule.th
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219 emacs.1 (man file for original GNU Emacs in English)
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220 mule.1 (man file for Mule in English)
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221 m2ps.1 (man file for m2ps -- Mule's text to PostScritp converter)
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222 coco.1 (man file for coco -- Code converter)
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223 `info' directory contains:
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224 emacs (for original GNU Emacs in English)
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225 mule (for Mule in English)
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226 mule-jp (for Mule in Japanese)
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227 egg-jp (for EGG in Japanese)
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228 canna-jp (for CANNA in Japanese)
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229 You may also find various documents under `doc' directory.
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230
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231 The file NEWFEATURE of the top directory is also very
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232 important.
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233
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234 Since many of these documents (including this file) were
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235 written by a non-native speaker of English (it's me), you
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236 may find many curious expressions. Please correct them. In
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237 addition, we are looking for volunteers who translate the
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238 documents to Chinese, Korean, and the other languages.
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239
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240 For Vietnamese, the Viet-Std Group has kindly translated
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241 some of these documents. Those are under the directory
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242 `doc/viet', but not updated..
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243
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244
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245 6. DISTRIBUTION
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246
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247 Mule is available by anonymous ftp from:
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248
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249 Japanese sites:
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250 etlport.etl.go.jp [192.31.197.99]:/pub/mule
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251 Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <handa@etl.go.jp>
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252 ftp.mei.co.jp [202.13.88.131]: /archive/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
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253 Manager: Motohide Murakami <murakami@msr.mei.co.jp>
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254 ftp.iij.ad.jp [192.244.176.50]:/pub/misc/mule
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255 Manager: Takamichi MIYOSHI <miyoshi@iij.ad.jp>
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256 U.S. sites:
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257 ftp.cs.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.9]:/pub/mule
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258 Manager: Rafhael Cedeno <cedeno@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
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259 Other foreign sites:
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260 sh.wide.ad.jp [133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule
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261 Manager: Akira KATO <kato@wide.ad.jp>
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262 ftp.funet.fi [128.214.248.6]:/index/mule
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263 Manager: Hannu Aronsson <haa@ftp.funet.fi>
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264 cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]:/pub/gnu/mule
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265 Manager: The System Group <system@cs.huji.ac.il>
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266
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267 As for a mail service, read the section 8.
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268
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269 Either ftp the complete tar file (mule-2.3.tar.gz), *or* if
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270 you have an unmodified GNU Emacs 19.28 you can ftp just the
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271 patch file (diff-19.28-2.3.gz) and apply that. If you find
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272 a patch with version number higher than 2.3, apply that
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273 also.
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274
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275 These directories contain several other useful files such as
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276 X's fonts and contributed softwares. See the file `00README'.
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277
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278 We are looking for more ftp sites. If you can kindly
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279 provide this service, please send mail to
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280 mule-request@etl.go.jp.
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281
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282
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283 7. NEWS GROUP AND MAILING LIST
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284
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285 Mule's main discussion is done on the newsgroup
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286 fj.editor.mule in Japanese. For those who can't subscribe
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287 this newsgroup, we provide mail<->news gateway service.
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288 Please send request of this service to mule-request@etl.go.jp.
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289
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290 For those who don't speak Japanese, we are running two
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291 mailing lists:
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292 mule@etl.go.jp (for general discussion)
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293 mule-vn@etl.go.jp (for Vietnamese)
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294 In both of them, main language is English, but you can
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295 send/receive any multilingual text supported by mule.
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296
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297 Before sending mails to the above addresses, you should join
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298 the corresponding mailing list. Please send requests of
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299 subscribing/unsubscribing to:
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300 mule-request@etl.go.jp
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301 saying which mailing list you want to join.
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302 We are willing to create mailing lists specific to the other
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303 languages if there are many requests.
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304
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305 We are running one more mailing list to test new version of
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306 Mule on various platforms before the official release:
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307 mule-jp@etl.go.jp (main language: Japanese)
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308 All mails to the above mailing lists are also sent to
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309 the members of this mailing list.
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310
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311
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312 8. MAIL SERVICE
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313
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314 You can get Mule by sending request to:
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315 mule-by-mail@etl.go.jp
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316 This system analyzes only the Subject field of a mail header.
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317 The acceptable format of Subject is:
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318 Subject: filename mail-address
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319 send the specified file to <mail-address>,
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320 The acceptable `filename' is one of the followings:
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321 ------------------------------------------------------------
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322 diff-19.28-2.3 -- Patch for GNU Emacs 19.28, 36 files
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323 diff-19.28-2.3.N -- Nth part of diff-19.28-2.3
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324 -- N should be one of 01, 02 .. 36
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325 patch-2.2.1 -- The 1st patch for Mule Ver.2.2.
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326 ETL.tar -- Fonts for Laint1,Cyrillic,Greek,Thai,Viet..., 3 files
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327 Chinese.tar -- Fonts for Chinese-GB (16/24) , 20 files
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328 Japanese.tar -- Fonts for Japanese-JIS (14/16/24), 25 files
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329 Korean.tar -- Fonts for Korean-KSC (16/24), 18 files
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330 READMEDIR.tar -- Several documents about Mule, 3 files
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331 lisp.tar -- Useful ELISP libraries in contrib directory, 5 files
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332 HELP -- This message
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333 ------------------------------------------------------------
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334 For instance, a mail with 'Subject: Chinese.tar me@etl.go.jp'
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335 will send Chinese fonts divided into 20 files to <me@etl.go.jp>.
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336
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337 The description alters on version up of Mule. You'd better
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338 check the correct format by requesting HELP.
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339 ------------------------------------------------------------
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340
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341 Russian or Ukrainian sites should ask mail service to
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342 postmaster@ts.kiev.ua, or
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343 nib@ts.kiev.ua,
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344 however, as far as I know, their system is not yet
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345 automated.
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346
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347
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348 9. MISC
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349
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350 9.1 PRINTING UTILITY
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351
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352 To print various characters supported by Mule, we provide a
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353 program `m2ps' which will be installed automatically while
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354 installing mule (just as etags, emacsclient). `m2ps'
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355 converts Mule's text (*internal* coding-system) to
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356 PostScript by using BDF files for getting glyphs of
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357 characters. For more detail, try "man m2ps". If you want
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358 to print a file of other coding-system (e.g. *junet*),
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359 please use `any2ps' which is a front-end of `coco' and
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360 `m2ps' and can handle a text of any coding-system. Read the
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361 first two lines of `any2ps' for the usage.
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363 9.2 CODE CONVERSION LIBRARY
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365 To convert any codes supported by Mule, we provide a program
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366 `coco' which will be installed automatically while
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367 installing mule (just as etags, emacsclient). For more
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368 detail, try "man coco".
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370 9.2 CODE TRANSLATION LIBRARY
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372 Translate character code of Chinese letters among GB, JIS,
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373 KSC, Big5, CNS. Not yet supported.
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376 ---
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377 Ken'ichi HANDA Electrotechnical Lab., JAPAN. <handa@etl.go.jp>
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378 Satoru TOMURA Electrotechnical Lab., JAPAN. <tomura@etl.go.jp>
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379 Mikiko NISIKIMI Electrotechnical Lab., JAPAN. <nisikimi@etl.go.jp>
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380 Naoto TAKAHASHI Electrotechnical Lab., JAPAN. <ntakahas@etl.go.jp>
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