Inuktitut Syllabics and Microcomputers
Word processing with Syllables is now very common. Many different approaches have been used. In 1985 a computer code standard like the ASCII was proposed for Syllables in order to facilitate communication. This has not been widely implemented and is not likely to gain further recognition. Macintosh...
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Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal
1993
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/003072ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/003072ar |
| Summary: | Word processing with Syllables is now very common. Many different approaches have been used. In 1985 a computer code standard like the ASCII was proposed for Syllables in order to facilitate communication. This has not been widely implemented and is not likely to gain further recognition. Macintosh computers have always had a built-in ability to show Syllables on the screen. DOS computers have employed various technologies to do this. For both types of computers there are Syllables word-processing solutions that employ the proposed standard and those that do not. Today the Macintosh is the machine of choice for work with Syllables. Three different strategies are currently in use with the Macintosh, involving a keyboard translator, over-striking, or Option key. There are four outline fonts for the Mac on the market. Two organizations, the ISO and Unicode, inc., are working on a new computer code which will contain more than 65,000 characters. Syllables should be included in this set. It would be useful to standardize the Syllables keyboard. There are different key layouts for almost every solution. A standard layout for Syllables, like that for English, will probably survive through several generations of technological change. Le traitement de texte avec orthographe syllabique est maintenant très répandu. En 1985, un code informatique standard comme le ASCII fut proposé pour le syllabique afin de faciliter les communications. Il ne fut pas très largement accepté et il ne semble pas promis à beaucoup d'avenir. Les ordinateurs Macintosh ont toujours eu la capacité intrinsèque de reproduire le syllabique sur leur écran. Les ordinateurs de type DOS ont utilisé diverses technologies pour y parvenir. Pour les deux types d'appareils, il existe des traitements de texte en syllabique utilisant le standard proposé et d'autres qui ne l'utilisent pas. De nos jours, le Macintosh est l'outil privilégié pour travailler en syllabique. Trois différentes approches sont actuellement utilisées sur le Macintosh, soit un traducteur ... |
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