Wide X Window tryout release!!!

[ju...@lehigh.edu]

Wide X Window(TM) Tryout Release by MicroObject Ltd.

WELCOME TO WIDE X WINDOW , A COMPLETE CHINESE GUI ON X

Wide X Window
ver.1.2
Copyright 1993, 1994, MicroObject Ltd.
All rights reserved

1. About Wide X Window
What is NEW ?
1). Complete Chinese support
Wide X Window can handle simplified Chinese(used in main land) and
traditional Chinese(used in Taiwan and Hongkong) . It brings you not
only a platform for localization of many original applications based
on X-window , but also a perfect environment for developing Chinese
applications .

2). Compatiable with X11R5
Wide X Window is compatiable with X11R5 . Almost all applications
developed on Xaw or Motif 1.2 such as xedit, xmh, xmpostit, etc.
can process Chinese as well as English without any change .

3). Use IME(Input Methold Engine) to handle Chinese input
Based on Client/Server model , all Chinese input is done by a special
X client called IME for WxW .

4). Support most important Chinese input methods
They can be customized and rebuilt also . The following input methods
are built in now :
GB code(simplified Chinese used in main land) :
1) QuanPin input method
2) ZhuPin input method
3) WuBi input method
4) QuanJiao(double-byte ASCII in GB code) input method
5) GB code input method

BIG5 code(traditional Chinese used in Taiwan and Hongkong) :
1) QuanPin input method
2) ZhuPin input method
3) QuanJiao(double-byte ASCII in BIG5 code) input method

5). One key to switch IME
Wide X Window use a special key as an IME switch to switch on/off IME .
This key can be redefined also .

6). IME's layout can be customized
Support both input bar mode(off the spot) and system line mode(root) .

Support OS
Wide X Window ver.1.2 is available on the following OS :
SunOS 4.1.x, Linux, EWS 4800 , etc.

Information
For further information , please contact :
Gary Liu
204, SUGENOTORO 15-10
TAMA-KU , KAWASAKI SHI
Japan 214
Tel (81)44-946-0744

email: ju...@lehigh.edu

2. About WxW tryout release
This tryout release of WxW is in gz format , including IME for WxW and some
sample X clients on WxW . The programs in this package are statically linked
with WxW library , which is an internationalized Xlib supporting Chinese
developed by MicroObject Ltd . All these programs can handle Chinese as well
as English . They are :
ime IME for Wide X Window
(Copyright 1993, 1994, MicroObject Ltd.)
twm Tom's Window Manager
(Copyright 1988, Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation,
Salt Lake City, Utah)
xmh X window mh-mail
(COPYRIGHT 1987, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION,
MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS)
xedit X window text editor
(COPYRIGHT 1987, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION,
MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS)
cterm Chinese terminal on X
(Copyright 1993, 1994, MicroObject Ltd.)
celvis Chinese version of "elvis" ---- a vi/ex clone
(original by Steve Kirkendall ,
Chinese version by Man-Chi Pong, Yongguang Zhang)
All binary code is for SunOS 4.1.x .

This package is available on the following ftp sites :
ftp.fedu.uec.ac.jp /pub/china/software/x-win/wxw_tryout.tar.gz
cnd.org /pub/software/x-win/wxw_tryout.tar.gz

3. Acknowledgements
This tryout release of WxW is brought you by MicroObject Ltd.
CND and many individuals have cooperated and worked extremely hard to make this
release possible . We cannot possibly acknowledge them all here . We greatly
appreciate the work that everyone has put into this release , our thanks go out
to them .

Jun Liu
Bin Song
Jian Liu
Liedong Zheng
Bin Zhou

X Window System is a trade mark of X Consortium .
Wide X Window is a trade mark of MicroObject Ltd .