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fulmer · Mar 22, 2001, 01:55 AM

hoping that this doesn't get run over in the posting traffic:

Does X retail include keyboard layouts for languages such as Russian, Hebrew, and Arabic?

I can use them just fine through Classic (at least under the PB) but really want this stuff native. Thanks.

rtamesis · Mar 22, 2001, 02:01 AM

The answer is no for those three languages that you mentioned.

[This message has been edited by rtamesis (edited 03-22-2001).]

Scott_H · Mar 22, 2001, 03:53 AM

Maybe someone with the real version could post all the languages it has.

I poked around Apple's site and couldn't find a list. Notice there's no "spec sheet" PDF there.

Aviah Morag · Mar 22, 2001, 05:23 AM

Apple Israel told me that OS X would not initially support Hebrew, except in Classic. If OS X is so worldly as we've all been told, anyone know when they'll get around to localizing the OS for those who don't live in Europe or Japan?

Aviah

JLL · Mar 22, 2001, 09:58 AM

Originally posted by Aviah Morag:
Apple Israel told me that OS X would not initially support Hebrew, except in Classic. If OS X is so worldly as we've all been told, anyone know when they'll get around to localizing the OS for those who don't live in Europe or Japan?

Aviah

India get their Mac OS X this summer.

JLL

Kosmo · Mar 22, 2001, 10:02 AM

I've been getting Japanese junk mail for a few years and it always showed up as nothing but "?????????????????" in place of the text, now it displays the japanese fonts...very cool, though I can't read japanese

Kosmo

Aviah Morag · Mar 22, 2001, 12:28 PM

Great! Now they can spam us in 7 languages!

Aviah

Scott_H · Mar 22, 2001, 12:36 PM

Someone with the shrink wrapped OS X must know what languages are in there. Same as the second PB release? Post 'em here.

ibr80 · Mar 22, 2001, 01:09 PM

Funny stuff Aviah!!!!

Mar 22, 2001, 01:34 PM

I was wondering if there is Korean font and input method in Mac OS X.

I was afraid that Mac OS X goes localized Mac OS X route.
Take a look at Win2000. It supports basically supports foreign language
fonts and inputs without localized version.

Mac OS 9 language kit is OK, but unless you set specific resource's font
to Korean, you don't see Korean in window title. You can view web page in Korean, but you need localized version of Mac OS 9 to use Korean everywhere.

I wish Mac OS X handles foreign language like Win2000 does.

Millennium · Mar 22, 2001, 02:03 PM

OSX's language support seems to be rather like how you desvribe Win2K's. The only real issue is getting the languages set up. Korean is not in the initial set of languages, but I'd wager it's coming, if not by July at least by the end of the year. Getting a good framework for multiple languages is the hard part, but that's done. However, then getting the actual languages plugges into the framework also takes time.

devSin · Mar 22, 2001, 03:05 PM

Drum roll please...

English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch

Aviah Morag · Mar 22, 2001, 03:33 PM

I am also under the impression that "the framework is there". However, I'm curious what that means. For example, certainly not ever shareware (for example) app will be localized into every language, but that WOULD mean that it would automatically support text in other languages, without developers having to do anything. Is this actually the case? WorldScript only went so far with OS 9, and Hebrew/Arabic support was terrible, because programs didn't know how to handle right-to-left text. Any word?

Aviah