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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/mule-doc/viet/FAQ.VISCII Mon Aug 13 09:02:59 2007 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,423 @@ + FAQ for Viet-Std & TriChlor Software + ==================================== + +Last modified date: June 3, 1993 + +This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions on Viet-Std and TriChlor +Software, which will cover the VIQR/VISCII standards and public-domain +Vietnamese software. + +TABLE OF CONTENTS +----------------- + +[A0] Viet-Std + A1. What is Viet-Std? + A2. VIQR + A3. VISCII + A4. UNICODE + A5. Where to get the specifications? + A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers + A7. Contact points + A6.1 Postal address + A6.2 Email: viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu +[B0] TriChlor + B1. What is TriChlor? + B2. What software available? + B3. Contact Points + B3.1 Postal Address + B3.2 Email + B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu + B4. Can you help? + +[C0] Where/How to get software + C1. Via modem download + C2. Via FTP + C3. Via Email + C4. Via Postal Mail + +[D0] Microsoft Windows 3.1 + D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY + D1.1 What is WinVNKey + D1.2 How to Install + D1.3 Change Configuration + D1.4 Hardware/Software notes: Compatibility + D1.5 WordPerfect + D1.6 Word + D1.7 AmiPro + D1.8 Apple Laser Writer + D2. More Fonts + D3 Other Packages + D3.1 VietVU + D3.2 ThiTa^.p +[E0] DOS + E1. Basic Package VietDOS + E1.1 What is VietDOS + E1.2 How to Install + E1.3 Change Configuration + E1.4 Hardware/software notes + E1.5 WordPerfect + E1.6 WordStar +[F0] Unix + F1. Base VietTerm + F2. etc... +[G0] Tex/Latex +[F0] Other software + [F1] Is there any similar software for: + - Macintosh/Apple ? + + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +[A0] Viet-Std + ******** +A1. What is Viet-Std? + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Viet-Std is the short name for the Vietnamese Standardization Group, which +unites Vietnamese professionals worldwide from many fields to promote the +standardization of Vietnamese character encoding and to monitor ongoing +work of international bodies in this regard. The Viet-Std group has +proposed an 8-bit Vietnamese code table known as Vietnamese Standard Code +for Information Interchange (VISCII) that allows Vietnamese characters +to integrate into existing computing environments on many platforms. +The group also defined a Vietnamese Quoted Readable (VIQR) convention that +allows use of Vietnamese characters in 7-bit environments. +In addition, the group has contacted the two committees on multilingual +character encoding---the Unicode Consortium and the International +Standardizations Organization (ISO)---to ensure that all the Vietnamese +characters be encoded in a precomposed form in the same manner as other +Latin-based European languages. + + + +A2. VIQR + ~~~~ +VIQR stands for Vietnamese Quoted Readable, which is a convention to +write Vietnamese using 7-bit ASCII only. Vietnamese text written in +this convention is so easy to read that their use is very popular in +7-bit environments. The convention was initiated by the Vietnamese +community using Internet e-mail and Usenet News in 1987. The Vietnamese +Standardization Group later adopted and formalized the technique, and +the rest is history. VIQR has been used by thousands of Vietnet members +worldwide. + +Following is the VIQR mnemonics for composing Vietnamese using ASCII +graphic characters only. + + VIQR Mnemonics for Vietnamese Diacritics. (*) + *=====================================================* + | Diacritic | Char | ASCII Code | D<a^'>u | + |=====================================================| + | breve | ( | 0x28, left paren | tr<a(>ng | + | circumflex | ^ | 0x5E, caret | m<u~> | + | horn | + | 0x2B, plus sign | m<o'>c | + |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------| + | acute | ' | 0x27, apostrophe | s<a('>c | + | grave | ` | 0x60, backquote | huy<e^`>n | + | hook above | ? | 0x3F, question | h<o?>i | + | tilde | ~ | 0x7E, tilde | ng<a~> | + | dot below | . | 0x2E, period | n<a(.>ng | + |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------| + | d bar | dd | (repeated d) | <dd> | + | D bar | DD | (repeated D) | <DD> | + *=====================================================* + + Example: + Tra(m na(m trong co~i ngu+o+`i ta, + Chu+~ ta`i chu+~ me^.nh khe'o la` ghe't nhau\. + Tra?i qua mo^.t cuo^.c be^? da^u, + Nhu+~ng ddie^`u tro^ng tha^'y ma` ddau ddo+'n lo`ng. + + To avoid a diacritical symbol combining with the preceding vowel, + one has to insert a backslash in between as in the last word on + the second line. + +A3. VISCII + ~~~~~~ +VISCII stands for Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange, +an 8-bit encoding of Vietnamese characters designed by the Vietnamese +Standardization Group. VISCII encodes all Vietnamese characters in a +precomposed form, thus allowing VSCII-compliant software to integrate +into existing computing environments. This feat has been achieved by +preserving all the 96 ASCII graphic characters and distributing the +remaining 134 Vietnamese-specific characters wisely in the upper half +region of ASCII (128 characters) and in the control character region +(6 characters). To minimize conflicts with operating systems or +communication software, only the least-often used six upper case +Vietnamese characters are put in the slots of the least-often used +six control characters. + +Following is the VISCII table expressed in the VIQR convention. + + VISCII 8-bit Encoding Table. (*) + *======================================================================* + | | 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x | 8x 9x Ax Bx Cx Dx Ex Fx | + |===|==================================================================| + | 0 | nul dle sp 0 @ P ` p | A. O^` O~ o^` A` DD a` dd | + | 1 | soh dc1 ! 1 A Q a q | A(' O^? a(' o^? A' u+' a' u+. | + | 2 | A(? dc2 " 2 B R b r | A(` O^~ a(` o^~ A^ O` a^ o` | + | 3 | etx dc3 # 3 C S c s | A(. O^. a(. O+~ A~ O' a~ o' | + | 4 | eot Y? $ 4 D T d t | A^' O+. a^' O+ A? O^ a? o^ | + | 5 | A(~ nak % 5 E U e u | A^` O+' a^` o^. A( a. a( o~ | + | 6 | A^~ syn & 6 F V f v | A^? O+` a^? o+` a(? y? u+~ o? | + | 7 | bel etb ' 7 G W g w | A^. O+? a^. o+? a(~ u+` a^~ o. | + | 8 | bs can ( 8 H X h x | E~ I. e~ i. E` u+? e` u. | + | 9 | ht Y~ ) 9 I Y i y | E. O? e. U+. E' U` e' u` | + | A | lf sub * : J Z j z | E^' O. e^' U+' E^ U' e^ u' | + | B | vt esc + ; K [ k { | E^` I? e^` U+` E? y~ e? u~ | + | C | ff fs , < L \ l | | E^? U? e^? U+? I` y. i` u? | + | D | cr gs - = M ] m } | E^~ U~ e^~ o+ I' Y' i' y' | + | E | so Y. . > N ^ n ~ | E^. U. e^. o+' I~ o+~ i~ o+. | + | F | si us / ? O _ o DEL| O^' Y` o^' U+ y` u+ i? U+~ | + *=======================================================================* + + ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: + (*) Excerpt from RFC-DRAFT of Vietnamese Standardization Group, Conventions + for encoding the Vietnamese Language, prepared by Randal Atkinson and + Viet-Std, 1993. + +A4. UNICODE + ~~~~~~~ +<???> + +A5. Where to get the spec + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +One can acquire the Viet-Std specifications via ftp, email, or postal mail. + +ftp: All VISCII archives carry the spec for viet-std, check below + for VISCII ftp sites worldwide. +email: Mail your request to viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu or contact + the Viet-Std group directly via postal address (below) or fax. + +A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Software developers are encouraged to use the Viet-Std specifications. +Most Vietnamese software houses have voiced their support for +VISCII in their products. There is no fee of any kind +levied on the software that uses the VIQR/VISCII standards. + +A7. Contact points + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +A7.1 Postal address + Viet-Std, 1212 Somerset Dr., San Jose, CA 95312, USA + Fax: (408) 246-9532 +A7.2 Email + viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu +Most of questions and inquiries are quickly handled by a group of +people in Viet-Std and/or others on the net. + +[B0] TriChlor + ******** +B1. What is TriChlor + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +TriChlor is a non-profit software group that was founded by Cuong Tan Nguyen, +Cuong Minh Bui, and Tin Le in 1991 to independently explore and implement any +encoding scheme for Vietnamese to gain real experience with the pros and cons +in each scheme. Since then it has been joined by Vietnamese software +developers worldwide to develop public-domain VISCII-compliant software +for use on Unix, X-Windows, DOS, MS Windows 3.1, etc. As of this writing +it has completed work on DOS, MS Windows 3.1, X-Windows, and various Unix +flavors. By distributing VISCII-compliant software of high quality +to the public for FREE of charge, the TriChlor group hopes that +VISCII/VIQR will ultimately be accepted as the de-facto standards. + +The TriChlor group welcomes donations of any amount from users to support +ongoing developments. + +B2. What software is available? + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +MS-DOS: Software to Vietnamize all DOS applications, eg: Dbase, Foxpro, +MS-Word, Dos Edit, Lotus 123, etc.; Hypertext databases of Vietnamese +songs and poems; True Vietnamese word processor & text editor; print +utilities for dot-matrix and laser to print Vietnamese. + +WINDOWS 3.1: Vietnamese keyboards to type/display/print Vietnamese in 99% +of all Window 3.1 software e.g.: Pagemaker, Ventura, Coreldraw, Photoshop, +MS Word, Quattro Pro, Foxpro, etc.; multimedia database of Vietnamese +poems; Vietnamese theme cliparts; Vietnamese VISCII Truetype fonts. + +Unix & X-WINDOWS: Vietnamese keyboard shell; email & news in true Vietnamese; +Vietnamese library and fonts for software developers; VISCII locale for +Sun OS 4.1.x, AIX; tex/latex & nroff/troff. + +MAC: Currently under development, tentative release date: Summer 93 + +B3. Contact Points + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +B3.1 Postal Address + TriChlor, 3388 Burgundy Dr, San Jose CA 95132, USA + Fax: (408) 246-9532 +B3.2 Email + trichlor@haydn.stanford.edu + +B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu +TriChlor Group maintains a mailing list (trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu) +for announcements, questions and inquiries on TriChlor Group's software. +This is the fastest way to gain support for WINVNKEY, VietVu and other +software. To join the mailing list, please mail to + trichlor-talk-request@haydn.stanford.edu +with 'SIGN-ON' on the "Subject:" line. + +B4. Can you help? + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Are you a software developer? All software developers are welcome to +participate in development of Vietnamese applications of any kind. +Contributions to the Vietnamese FREE Software Archive are greatly +appreciated. Currently many special interest groups are working +fervently on different aspects of the Future of Vietnamese Computing. +For users, please help use and distribute software freely to your +friends, colleagues, or community. + +[C0] Where/How to get software? + ************************* +C1. Via modem download + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Modem (VietNet BBSes) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 1-213-734-8528 Los Angeles & Southern California, USA + 1-408-730-1092 Bay Area & Northern California, USA + +C2. Via FTP + ~~~~~~~ +All the ftp sites that carry VIQR/VISCII specifications also have the +software from the TriChlor Group. The number of sites is growing rapidly. +The list of new sites is announced in the VNSoftware INFORMATION FILE, which +is posted regularly on Vietnet by hho@chaph.usc.edu (Ho^` Phu+o+'c Hu`ng). + +Anonymous FTP Directory +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ + (Username: anonymous, Password: your e-mail address. + Please FTP from the site closest to you.) + +Sony Corporation, CA, USA /tin/VN + sonygate.sony.com (192.65.137.2) (Main VietNet archive, + with other TriChlor VISCII software for Unix and X-Windows) + (unfortunately, this site may be unavailable in the near future) +SIMTEL20, NM, USA pd1:<msdos.viscii> + wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20) +Oakland Univ., MI, USA /pub/msdos/viscii + oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117) +Washington Univ., MO, USA /mirrors/msdos/viscii + wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) +North Carolina State U., NC, USA /mirrors/wustl/mirrors/msdos/ + compute1.cc.ncsu.edu (152.1.10.46) viscii +UUNet Communication Service, VA, USA /systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/ + ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) viscii +Halcyon Organization, WA, USA /wuarchive/mirrros/msdos/viscii + halcyon.com (192.135.191.2) +AARNet, Melbourne, Australia /micros/pc/oak/viscii + archie.au (139.130.4.5) +Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia /pub/vietnam + monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106) +Austria /pc/dos/viscii + swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at (131.130.1.4) +Imperial College, London, UK /computing/systems/ibmpc/SIMTEL20/ + src.doc.ic.ac.uk, (146.169.2.1) viscii +Finland /pub/msdos/SIMTEL20-mirror/viscii + nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) +Germany /pub/msdos/simtel/viscii + sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (129.206.100.126) +Japan /mirrors/simtel20.msdos/viscii + isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1) +Switzerland /mirror/msdos/viscii + nic.switch.ch, (130.59.1.40) +Taiwan /SIMTEL20/msdos/viscii + nctuccca.edu.tw, (140.111.3.21) +C3. Via Email + ~~~~~~~~~ +Electronic Mail (uuencoded) +Use FTPMAIL server at DEC (ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com) to access all +archives above (send FTP commands in an e-mail message to this +address), or use the mailserver at saigon.com (send e-mail to +mailserv@saigon.com, with a command HELP in the body for info). + +C4. Via Postal Mail + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Please send $5 to cover postage and disks to Cu+o+`ng Nguye^~n at +3388 Burgundy Dr., San Jose, CA 95132, USA. All DOS & Windows software +will be mailed out on 2 high density 3.5" diskettes. + +[D0] Microsoft Window 3.1 + ******************** +D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +D1.1 What is WinVNKey? + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +WinVNKey is a software utility running under MS Windows 3.1. +Vietnamese characters can be typed in from an ASCII keyboard, +displayed, and printed on any monitor and printer supported by +Microsoft Corporation. The default style of typing Vietnamese is +based on the VIQR convention. However, WinVNKey allows the user +to customize the style. + +D1.2 How to Install + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +D1.3 Change Configuration + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +D1.4 Hardware/software notes: Compability +The following software have been tested and verified to be compatible with +VISCII software: + +D1.5 WordPerfect +D1.6 Word +D1.7 AmiPro +D1.8 Apple Laser Writer +Q: I've install WinVNKey on a 386/486 SVGA/S3/ATI Ultra system connected to + an Apple Laser Writer. The problem is that the Viet fonts are not + displayed correctly in any of the word processors, e.g., Write, + Word for Windows 2.0 or Amipro 2.0 & 3.0. + +A: Check your printer setup. Click on the "Control Panel", click on "Printers" + icon, Select "Options", Select "Advanced Options". Make sure the option + "Use Printers Fonts for all True Type Fonts" is *NOT* checked. If you + have to *UNCHECK* the option, click "OK" to save it, otherwise click + "CANCEL". + +D2. More Fonts + ~~~~~~~~~~ +A set of fonts is included with the WinVNKey package. Additional fonts are +available separately in the archive as pdfon1tt.zip, and pdfon2tt.zip, etc. +Please check any VISCII archives or Vietnet BBSes for newly released fonts. + +D3. Other Packages + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +D3.1 VietVU +It allows any commercial MS Windows software on the market to type, +display, print Vietnamese. It is very much like WinVNKey, but has a +Vietnamese Clipboard. + +D3.2 ThiTa^.p +These are collections of poems by Vietnamese poets Quang Dung +and Nguyen Binh, implemented in a Windows 3.1 menu system. + +[E0] PC/MS-DOS + ********* +E1. Basic Package VietDOS + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +E1.1 What is VietDOS? + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + This program allows the user to use most existing DOS applications +(for example, WordPerfect, MS-Word, Dbase, Foxpro, Turbo C, etc) in Vietnamese. +In addition, file and directory names can also be in Vietnamese. EGA or VGA +monitor only. + +E1.2 How to Install + +E1.3 Change Configuration + +E1.4 Hardware/software notes + +E1.5 WordPerfect + +E1.6 WordStar + +[F0] Unix + **** +F1 Base VietTerm + + +[G0] Tex/Latex + +[F0] Other software +[F1] Is there any similar software for: + - Macintosh/Apple ? + +::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: END :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::