News re NB Win with Lingua

[Alan Segal]

I can think of hundreds of conveniences that would be gained by having a
program that is fully integrated into Windows. It seems a silly question
to me. Am I missing something?

Alan F. Segal

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Gerald McCausland wrote:

> At 09:12 AM 4/29/98 -0400, M. Roy Harris wrote:
>
> >Why, I wonder, does one need a Windows version of Lingua? Anything
> >that I've ever wanted to do with Lingua, using the DOS version of NB
> >4.1, I find that I can do with good TrueType fonts and a good word
> >processor for Windows 3.1.
> >
> >I would be interesting in knowing the advantages of a Lingua add-on
> >for NB for Windows.
>
> Your observation is even more true for word processors running under
> Windows 95 with 16-bit fonts.
>
> If the Lingua module indeed continues to be necessary, my guess is that it
> plays a role in the interface between the NB word processor and the Ibid.
> and Orbis components. Full multilingual functionality of these components
> probably requires a greater linguistic "awareness" than simply the presence
> of fonts and such at the OS level.
>
> I also recall mention that XyWin has a text-mode option of some sort that
> avoids the sluggishness of the graphical interface. If a multi-lingual
> NBWin is going to include something similar, that would also require
> retaining the Lingua module.
>
> That's my guess, at least.
>
> Jerry.
>
>
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> Jerry McCausland
> University of Pittsburgh
> gmms...@pitt.edu
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>