Re: Coveted software (was RE: Someone is testing my firewall)

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:11:01 +0900 "Karen Ellrick"
<k-ellrick sctech co jp> imparted to us:

Replied separately off-list with web references (plus some more
locations). Any other questions or answers that remain, others are sure
welcome to jump in.

> > exists, looking around freshmeat (doubleclick), icewalkers
> > (doubleclick), zdnet (doubleclick), apps.kde, linuxberg (aka
> tucows),
> > roaring-penguin, cnet simtel (I could go on) should reveal them.
> 
> Thanks - I'll keep an eye on those links waiting for my coveted
> desktop
> publisher/page layout application.  I looked at freshmeat for
> starters, and
> the one that sounded most like what I want led nowhere (no one had
> ever
> downloaded it, and the web page for it doesn't exist).  I'll look at
> the
> others in my free time (I'm on company time now...).  I do have to
> look each
> one up in a search engine to find the actual URL, so if you want to
> give me
> the links, that would save me some time.
> 
> Regarding Japanese software, I'll have to find some Japan-based sites
> for
> that, I think.  However, a question I have tried to ask before (with
> no
> response) maybe I should try again: Since Linux inherently supports
> multibyte characters, I have been wondering whether if I set things up
> right, with some Japanese TrueType fonts and a tool for inputting
> them,
> might I be able to use Japanese text in English-based Linux software? 
> I
> know that in Windows, there are some programs (English Pagemaker, for
> example) that seem to accept Japanese characters even though they were
> not
> designed to.  There are some extra tricks unique to Japanese (like
> writing
> top-to-bottom instead of left-to-right) that it wouldn't do, but that
> would
> be okay.  Anybody out there have experience with Japanese or Chinese
> text in
> Linux apps?
> 
> > As for answers, I was beginning to think my mail was filling up
> > /dev/null after I first started using linux. I asked some questions
> (not
> > an overwhelming number, mind you) and rarely received answers. I
> mostly
> > ended up playing around a long time and figuring things out. Either
> the
> > answers were not known even to trained users, my mail happened to be
> > some of the ones that got quick scans and trashed (one of my
> favorite
> > tricks) or I'd already iritated enough people that they procmailed
> me
> > away into the bit-bucket. I always assumed the latter!
> 
> I have generally had good success with getting my questions
> answered/problems solved on various lists, although if a list is low
> traffic
> to start with, it would be harder.  I have been very pleased overall
> with
> the helpfulness of the Linux community, even when I ask dumb questions
> -
> thank you everyone!  There are only certain off-the-wall questions,
> like
> this one, that seem to stump people.
> 
> > Not too awful much smaller than where I am right now. But, I spent 2
> > years there and know what you mean. Racks are about the only
> solution,
> > but far too expensive to install for a temporary situation.
> 
> It's the display (and to a lesser extent, the keyboard) that is the
> main
> space hog.  You need a desk, and a fairly deep one unless you have a
> lot of
> money for an LCD display - you can't hide a display under the desk or
> put in
> on a shelf by the ceiling.  But we're moving next summer, and
> hopefully will
> have a little bigger place (and maybe even no classes in our
> apartment).

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