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From: Zhenqing Li
Date: 16 Nov 2007 21:59:56
Message: <473e592c$1@news.povray.org>
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Alain wrote:
> Zhenqing Li nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/16 14:22:
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>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Christian Froeschlin wrote:
>>>> The hurdle is bigger, but can't be avoided completely. Localizing
>>>> language keywords is not a good idea, and you wouldn't dream of
>>>> doing it with languages like C or Java.
>>> I have a Chinese version of the K&R C book. The keywords are english,
>>> but all the variable names and such are chinese.
>>>
>>> Plus, from what I've seen, chinese computer keyboards tend to be latin
>>> keyboards with software to translate phonetically, in essence. I imagine
>>> there are some actual chinese keyboards out there, but I never saw one
>>> when I was in china, and the chinese people I know who don't speak any
>>> english use latin keyboards.
>>>
>> Hmmm... In my point of view, there is no Chinese keyboard in the world.
>> Because Chinese contains 5,000 or even more characters, how can you make
>> that keyboard... Maybe we need to build another keyboard Great Wall to
>> do that~ :D
>>
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>>
>> - --
>> Zhenqing LI
> There are some. They mostly use various characters construction
> techniques. You usualy start with a base character, then you add 0 to
> several sub-parts untill you get the complete character.
> Someone who know how to use one sort is usualy completely lost in frons
> of most others, as the imput technique, as well as the layout, can
> change a lot. Also, they don't all have the same number of keys.
> 

Awesome.... I also saw one picture in Wikipedia to show one kind of
Chinese Keyboard.... It's like the old publishing method in China I think...
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Zhenqing LI
Materials Science & Engineering (Emphasis on Polymer)
Room 161, Sirrine Hall
School of Material Science & Engineering, Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634, U.S.A
Tel: 864-656-0888(Office)
E-mail: zhe### [at] clemsonedu
Homepage: http://people.clemson.edu/~zhenqil
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