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1 FAQ for Viet-Std & TriChlor Software
2 ====================================
3
4 Last modified date: June 3, 1993
5
6 This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions on Viet-Std and TriChlor
7 Software, which will cover the VIQR/VISCII standards and public-domain
8 Vietnamese software.
9
10 TABLE OF CONTENTS
11 -----------------
12
13 [A0] Viet-Std
14 A1. What is Viet-Std?
15 A2. VIQR
16 A3. VISCII
17 A4. UNICODE
18 A5. Where to get the specifications?
19 A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers
20 A7. Contact points
21 A6.1 Postal address
22 A6.2 Email: viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu
23 [B0] TriChlor
24 B1. What is TriChlor?
25 B2. What software available?
26 B3. Contact Points
27 B3.1 Postal Address
28 B3.2 Email
29 B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu
30 B4. Can you help?
31
32 [C0] Where/How to get software
33 C1. Via modem download
34 C2. Via FTP
35 C3. Via Email
36 C4. Via Postal Mail
37
38 [D0] Microsoft Windows 3.1
39 D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY
40 D1.1 What is WinVNKey
41 D1.2 How to Install
42 D1.3 Change Configuration
43 D1.4 Hardware/Software notes: Compatibility
44 D1.5 WordPerfect
45 D1.6 Word
46 D1.7 AmiPro
47 D1.8 Apple Laser Writer
48 D2. More Fonts
49 D3 Other Packages
50 D3.1 VietVU
51 D3.2 ThiTa^.p
52 [E0] DOS
53 E1. Basic Package VietDOS
54 E1.1 What is VietDOS
55 E1.2 How to Install
56 E1.3 Change Configuration
57 E1.4 Hardware/software notes
58 E1.5 WordPerfect
59 E1.6 WordStar
60 [F0] Unix
61 F1. Base VietTerm
62 F2. etc...
63 [G0] Tex/Latex
64 [F0] Other software
65 [F1] Is there any similar software for:
66 - Macintosh/Apple ?
67
68
69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
70 [A0] Viet-Std
71 ********
72 A1. What is Viet-Std?
73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
74 Viet-Std is the short name for the Vietnamese Standardization Group, which
75 unites Vietnamese professionals worldwide from many fields to promote the
76 standardization of Vietnamese character encoding and to monitor ongoing
77 work of international bodies in this regard. The Viet-Std group has
78 proposed an 8-bit Vietnamese code table known as Vietnamese Standard Code
79 for Information Interchange (VISCII) that allows Vietnamese characters
80 to integrate into existing computing environments on many platforms.
81 The group also defined a Vietnamese Quoted Readable (VIQR) convention that
82 allows use of Vietnamese characters in 7-bit environments.
83 In addition, the group has contacted the two committees on multilingual
84 character encoding---the Unicode Consortium and the International
85 Standardizations Organization (ISO)---to ensure that all the Vietnamese
86 characters be encoded in a precomposed form in the same manner as other
87 Latin-based European languages.
88
89
90
91 A2. VIQR
92 ~~~~
93 VIQR stands for Vietnamese Quoted Readable, which is a convention to
94 write Vietnamese using 7-bit ASCII only. Vietnamese text written in
95 this convention is so easy to read that their use is very popular in
96 7-bit environments. The convention was initiated by the Vietnamese
97 community using Internet e-mail and Usenet News in 1987. The Vietnamese
98 Standardization Group later adopted and formalized the technique, and
99 the rest is history. VIQR has been used by thousands of Vietnet members
100 worldwide.
101
102 Following is the VIQR mnemonics for composing Vietnamese using ASCII
103 graphic characters only.
104
105 VIQR Mnemonics for Vietnamese Diacritics. (*)
106 *=====================================================*
107 | Diacritic | Char | ASCII Code | D<a^'>u |
108 |=====================================================|
109 | breve | ( | 0x28, left paren | tr<a(>ng |
110 | circumflex | ^ | 0x5E, caret | m<u~> |
111 | horn | + | 0x2B, plus sign | m<o'>c |
112 |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------|
113 | acute | ' | 0x27, apostrophe | s<a('>c |
114 | grave | ` | 0x60, backquote | huy<e^`>n |
115 | hook above | ? | 0x3F, question | h<o?>i |
116 | tilde | ~ | 0x7E, tilde | ng<a~> |
117 | dot below | . | 0x2E, period | n<a(.>ng |
118 |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------|
119 | d bar | dd | (repeated d) | <dd> |
120 | D bar | DD | (repeated D) | <DD> |
121 *=====================================================*
122
123 Example:
124 Tra(m na(m trong co~i ngu+o+`i ta,
125 Chu+~ ta`i chu+~ me^.nh khe'o la` ghe't nhau\.
126 Tra?i qua mo^.t cuo^.c be^? da^u,
127 Nhu+~ng ddie^`u tro^ng tha^'y ma` ddau ddo+'n lo`ng.
128
129 To avoid a diacritical symbol combining with the preceding vowel,
130 one has to insert a backslash in between as in the last word on
131 the second line.
132
133 A3. VISCII
134 ~~~~~~
135 VISCII stands for Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange,
136 an 8-bit encoding of Vietnamese characters designed by the Vietnamese
137 Standardization Group. VISCII encodes all Vietnamese characters in a
138 precomposed form, thus allowing VSCII-compliant software to integrate
139 into existing computing environments. This feat has been achieved by
140 preserving all the 96 ASCII graphic characters and distributing the
141 remaining 134 Vietnamese-specific characters wisely in the upper half
142 region of ASCII (128 characters) and in the control character region
143 (6 characters). To minimize conflicts with operating systems or
144 communication software, only the least-often used six upper case
145 Vietnamese characters are put in the slots of the least-often used
146 six control characters.
147
148 Following is the VISCII table expressed in the VIQR convention.
149
150 VISCII 8-bit Encoding Table. (*)
151 *======================================================================*
152 | | 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x | 8x 9x Ax Bx Cx Dx Ex Fx |
153 |===|==================================================================|
154 | 0 | nul dle sp 0 @ P ` p | A. O^` O~ o^` A` DD a` dd |
155 | 1 | soh dc1 ! 1 A Q a q | A(' O^? a(' o^? A' u+' a' u+. |
156 | 2 | A(? dc2 " 2 B R b r | A(` O^~ a(` o^~ A^ O` a^ o` |
157 | 3 | etx dc3 # 3 C S c s | A(. O^. a(. O+~ A~ O' a~ o' |
158 | 4 | eot Y? $ 4 D T d t | A^' O+. a^' O+ A? O^ a? o^ |
159 | 5 | A(~ nak % 5 E U e u | A^` O+' a^` o^. A( a. a( o~ |
160 | 6 | A^~ syn & 6 F V f v | A^? O+` a^? o+` a(? y? u+~ o? |
161 | 7 | bel etb ' 7 G W g w | A^. O+? a^. o+? a(~ u+` a^~ o. |
162 | 8 | bs can ( 8 H X h x | E~ I. e~ i. E` u+? e` u. |
163 | 9 | ht Y~ ) 9 I Y i y | E. O? e. U+. E' U` e' u` |
164 | A | lf sub * : J Z j z | E^' O. e^' U+' E^ U' e^ u' |
165 | B | vt esc + ; K [ k { | E^` I? e^` U+` E? y~ e? u~ |
166 | C | ff fs , < L \ l | | E^? U? e^? U+? I` y. i` u? |
167 | D | cr gs - = M ] m } | E^~ U~ e^~ o+ I' Y' i' y' |
168 | E | so Y. . > N ^ n ~ | E^. U. e^. o+' I~ o+~ i~ o+. |
169 | F | si us / ? O _ o DEL| O^' Y` o^' U+ y` u+ i? U+~ |
170 *=======================================================================*
171
172 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
173 (*) Excerpt from RFC-DRAFT of Vietnamese Standardization Group, Conventions
174 for encoding the Vietnamese Language, prepared by Randal Atkinson and
175 Viet-Std, 1993.
176
177 A4. UNICODE
178 ~~~~~~~
179 <???>
180
181 A5. Where to get the spec
182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
183 One can acquire the Viet-Std specifications via ftp, email, or postal mail.
184
185 ftp: All VISCII archives carry the spec for viet-std, check below
186 for VISCII ftp sites worldwide.
187 email: Mail your request to viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu or contact
188 the Viet-Std group directly via postal address (below) or fax.
189
190 A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers
191 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
192 Software developers are encouraged to use the Viet-Std specifications.
193 Most Vietnamese software houses have voiced their support for
194 VISCII in their products. There is no fee of any kind
195 levied on the software that uses the VIQR/VISCII standards.
196
197 A7. Contact points
198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
199 A7.1 Postal address
200 Viet-Std, 1212 Somerset Dr., San Jose, CA 95312, USA
201 Fax: (408) 246-9532
202 A7.2 Email
203 viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu
204 Most of questions and inquiries are quickly handled by a group of
205 people in Viet-Std and/or others on the net.
206
207 [B0] TriChlor
208 ********
209 B1. What is TriChlor
210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
211 TriChlor is a non-profit software group that was founded by Cuong Tan Nguyen,
212 Cuong Minh Bui, and Tin Le in 1991 to independently explore and implement any
213 encoding scheme for Vietnamese to gain real experience with the pros and cons
214 in each scheme. Since then it has been joined by Vietnamese software
215 developers worldwide to develop public-domain VISCII-compliant software
216 for use on Unix, X-Windows, DOS, MS Windows 3.1, etc. As of this writing
217 it has completed work on DOS, MS Windows 3.1, X-Windows, and various Unix
218 flavors. By distributing VISCII-compliant software of high quality
219 to the public for FREE of charge, the TriChlor group hopes that
220 VISCII/VIQR will ultimately be accepted as the de-facto standards.
221
222 The TriChlor group welcomes donations of any amount from users to support
223 ongoing developments.
224
225 B2. What software is available?
226 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
227 MS-DOS: Software to Vietnamize all DOS applications, eg: Dbase, Foxpro,
228 MS-Word, Dos Edit, Lotus 123, etc.; Hypertext databases of Vietnamese
229 songs and poems; True Vietnamese word processor & text editor; print
230 utilities for dot-matrix and laser to print Vietnamese.
231
232 WINDOWS 3.1: Vietnamese keyboards to type/display/print Vietnamese in 99%
233 of all Window 3.1 software e.g.: Pagemaker, Ventura, Coreldraw, Photoshop,
234 MS Word, Quattro Pro, Foxpro, etc.; multimedia database of Vietnamese
235 poems; Vietnamese theme cliparts; Vietnamese VISCII Truetype fonts.
236
237 Unix & X-WINDOWS: Vietnamese keyboard shell; email & news in true Vietnamese;
238 Vietnamese library and fonts for software developers; VISCII locale for
239 Sun OS 4.1.x, AIX; tex/latex & nroff/troff.
240
241 MAC: Currently under development, tentative release date: Summer 93
242
243 B3. Contact Points
244 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
245 B3.1 Postal Address
246 TriChlor, 3388 Burgundy Dr, San Jose CA 95132, USA
247 Fax: (408) 246-9532
248 B3.2 Email
249 trichlor@haydn.stanford.edu
250
251 B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu
252 TriChlor Group maintains a mailing list (trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu)
253 for announcements, questions and inquiries on TriChlor Group's software.
254 This is the fastest way to gain support for WINVNKEY, VietVu and other
255 software. To join the mailing list, please mail to
256 trichlor-talk-request@haydn.stanford.edu
257 with 'SIGN-ON' on the "Subject:" line.
258
259 B4. Can you help?
260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
261 Are you a software developer? All software developers are welcome to
262 participate in development of Vietnamese applications of any kind.
263 Contributions to the Vietnamese FREE Software Archive are greatly
264 appreciated. Currently many special interest groups are working
265 fervently on different aspects of the Future of Vietnamese Computing.
266 For users, please help use and distribute software freely to your
267 friends, colleagues, or community.
268
269 [C0] Where/How to get software?
270 *************************
271 C1. Via modem download
272 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
273 Modem (VietNet BBSes)
274 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
275 1-213-734-8528 Los Angeles & Southern California, USA
276 1-408-730-1092 Bay Area & Northern California, USA
277
278 C2. Via FTP
279 ~~~~~~~
280 All the ftp sites that carry VIQR/VISCII specifications also have the
281 software from the TriChlor Group. The number of sites is growing rapidly.
282 The list of new sites is announced in the VNSoftware INFORMATION FILE, which
283 is posted regularly on Vietnet by hho@chaph.usc.edu (Ho^` Phu+o+'c Hu`ng).
284
285 Anonymous FTP Directory
286 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
287 (Username: anonymous, Password: your e-mail address.
288 Please FTP from the site closest to you.)
289
290 Sony Corporation, CA, USA /tin/VN
291 sonygate.sony.com (192.65.137.2) (Main VietNet archive,
292 with other TriChlor VISCII software for Unix and X-Windows)
293 (unfortunately, this site may be unavailable in the near future)
294 SIMTEL20, NM, USA pd1:<msdos.viscii>
295 wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20)
296 Oakland Univ., MI, USA /pub/msdos/viscii
297 oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117)
298 Washington Univ., MO, USA /mirrors/msdos/viscii
299 wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
300 North Carolina State U., NC, USA /mirrors/wustl/mirrors/msdos/
301 compute1.cc.ncsu.edu (152.1.10.46) viscii
302 UUNet Communication Service, VA, USA /systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/
303 ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) viscii
304 Halcyon Organization, WA, USA /wuarchive/mirrros/msdos/viscii
305 halcyon.com (192.135.191.2)
306 AARNet, Melbourne, Australia /micros/pc/oak/viscii
307 archie.au (139.130.4.5)
308 Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia /pub/vietnam
309 monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
310 Austria /pc/dos/viscii
311 swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at (131.130.1.4)
312 Imperial College, London, UK /computing/systems/ibmpc/SIMTEL20/
313 src.doc.ic.ac.uk, (146.169.2.1) viscii
314 Finland /pub/msdos/SIMTEL20-mirror/viscii
315 nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
316 Germany /pub/msdos/simtel/viscii
317 sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (129.206.100.126)
318 Japan /mirrors/simtel20.msdos/viscii
319 isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1)
320 Switzerland /mirror/msdos/viscii
321 nic.switch.ch, (130.59.1.40)
322 Taiwan /SIMTEL20/msdos/viscii
323 nctuccca.edu.tw, (140.111.3.21)
324 C3. Via Email
325 ~~~~~~~~~
326 Electronic Mail (uuencoded)
327 Use FTPMAIL server at DEC (ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com) to access all
328 archives above (send FTP commands in an e-mail message to this
329 address), or use the mailserver at saigon.com (send e-mail to
330 mailserv@saigon.com, with a command HELP in the body for info).
331
332 C4. Via Postal Mail
333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
334 Please send $5 to cover postage and disks to Cu+o+`ng Nguye^~n at
335 3388 Burgundy Dr., San Jose, CA 95132, USA. All DOS & Windows software
336 will be mailed out on 2 high density 3.5" diskettes.
337
338 [D0] Microsoft Window 3.1
339 ********************
340 D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY
341 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
342 D1.1 What is WinVNKey?
343 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
344 WinVNKey is a software utility running under MS Windows 3.1.
345 Vietnamese characters can be typed in from an ASCII keyboard,
346 displayed, and printed on any monitor and printer supported by
347 Microsoft Corporation. The default style of typing Vietnamese is
348 based on the VIQR convention. However, WinVNKey allows the user
349 to customize the style.
350
351 D1.2 How to Install
352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
353 D1.3 Change Configuration
354 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
355 D1.4 Hardware/software notes: Compability
356 The following software have been tested and verified to be compatible with
357 VISCII software:
358
359 D1.5 WordPerfect
360 D1.6 Word
361 D1.7 AmiPro
362 D1.8 Apple Laser Writer
363 Q: I've install WinVNKey on a 386/486 SVGA/S3/ATI Ultra system connected to
364 an Apple Laser Writer. The problem is that the Viet fonts are not
365 displayed correctly in any of the word processors, e.g., Write,
366 Word for Windows 2.0 or Amipro 2.0 & 3.0.
367
368 A: Check your printer setup. Click on the "Control Panel", click on "Printers"
369 icon, Select "Options", Select "Advanced Options". Make sure the option
370 "Use Printers Fonts for all True Type Fonts" is *NOT* checked. If you
371 have to *UNCHECK* the option, click "OK" to save it, otherwise click
372 "CANCEL".
373
374 D2. More Fonts
375 ~~~~~~~~~~
376 A set of fonts is included with the WinVNKey package. Additional fonts are
377 available separately in the archive as pdfon1tt.zip, and pdfon2tt.zip, etc.
378 Please check any VISCII archives or Vietnet BBSes for newly released fonts.
379
380 D3. Other Packages
381 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
382 D3.1 VietVU
383 It allows any commercial MS Windows software on the market to type,
384 display, print Vietnamese. It is very much like WinVNKey, but has a
385 Vietnamese Clipboard.
386
387 D3.2 ThiTa^.p
388 These are collections of poems by Vietnamese poets Quang Dung
389 and Nguyen Binh, implemented in a Windows 3.1 menu system.
390
391 [E0] PC/MS-DOS
392 *********
393 E1. Basic Package VietDOS
394 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
395 E1.1 What is VietDOS?
396 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
397 This program allows the user to use most existing DOS applications
398 (for example, WordPerfect, MS-Word, Dbase, Foxpro, Turbo C, etc) in Vietnamese.
399 In addition, file and directory names can also be in Vietnamese. EGA or VGA
400 monitor only.
401
402 E1.2 How to Install
403
404 E1.3 Change Configuration
405
406 E1.4 Hardware/software notes
407
408 E1.5 WordPerfect
409
410 E1.6 WordStar
411
412 [F0] Unix
413 ****
414 F1 Base VietTerm
415
416
417 [G0] Tex/Latex
418
419 [F0] Other software
420 [F1] Is there any similar software for:
421 - Macintosh/Apple ?
422
423 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: END :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::