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Multiple character set ( unicode )

hi aslro

you have bad cards in your hand ...

i search a little bit inside the internet and i have found some description of Big5

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The characters in Unicode are a superset of the characters in GB and Big5 so it is easy to convert directly from GB or Big5 into Unicode. However, while there is some overlap between GB and Big5, there are also many simplified characters in GB that are not in Big5, and many traditional characters in Big5 that are not in GB. Consequently, conversion between GB and Big5 is not trivial, since many simplified characters map to multiple Big5 traditional equivalents. Going from Big5 to GB is easier, since the conversion from traditional to simplified is much less ambiguous. For more information on conversion, see the encodings page at ChineseComputing.com .
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In the original Big5, the encoding is compartmentalized into different zones ( http://www.answers.com/topic/big5?hl=hkscs )

unicode have it similar, CJK is a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the characters are encoding same into different zones.

now you have two problems,
first MP can handle only up to 5000 character ( i hope i have understand it right ) the chineese Big5 code set defines 13056 characters and 1004 symbols. It includes 684 special symbols, as well as 325 unique symbols.

i think, this is a little bit to much for inside the video graphic memory loaded fonts ....

second, the sets are encoding same into different zones. that's mean you ( and me ) need some multiple selection of character sets inside MP
( you for chineese, me for some other asian languages )

but as you see self, not one programmer give some answer to my suggestion at the begin of this thread. maybee there are really not interesting to enable the non english speaking world inside the MP community ...

in your case, try MCE 2005, MS have a fully unicode support and with the MUI language sets, you can start win xp in all your prefered languages. ( 32 languages ) dvb-s comes middle of this year and then maybee MCE are a competitor to the verry good MP system.

greetings anymore

<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14100">Multiple character set ( unicode )hi aslroyou have bad cards in your hand ...i search a little bit inside the internet and i have found some description of Big5**************The characters in Unicode are a superset of the characters in GB and Big5 so it is easy to convert directly from GB or Big5 into Unicode. However, while there is some overlap between GB and Big5, there are also many simplified characters in GB that are not in Big5, and many traditional characters in Big5 that are not in GB. Consequently, conversion between GB and Big5 is not trivial, since many simplified characters map to multiple Big5 traditional equivalents. Going from Big5 to GB is easier, since the conversion from traditional to simplified is much less ambiguous. For more information on conversion, see the encodings page at ChineseComputing.com .**************In the original Big5, the encoding is compartmentalized into different zones ( <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/big5?hl=hkscs" target="_blank">http://www.answers.com/topic/big5?hl=hkscs</a> )unicode have it similar, CJK is a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the characters are encoding same into different zones.now you have two problems,first MP can handle only up to 5000 character ( i hope i have understand it right ) the chineese Big5 code set defines 13056 characters and 1004 symbols. It includes 684 special symbols, as well as 325 unique symbols.i think, this is a little bit to much for inside the video graphic memory loaded fonts ....second, the sets are encoding same into different zones. that's mean you ( and me ) need some multiple selection of character sets inside MP( you for chineese, me for some other asian languages )but as you see self, not one programmer give some answer to my suggestion at the begin of this thread. maybee there are really not interesting to enable the non english speaking world inside the MP community ...in your case, try MCE 2005, MS have a fully unicode support and with the MUI language sets, you can start win xp in all your prefered languages. ( 32 languages ) dvb-s comes middle of this year and then maybee MCE are a competitor to the verry good MP system.greetings anymore</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14100"] [b]Multiple character set ( unicode )[/b] hi aslro you have bad cards in your hand ... i search a little bit inside the internet and i have found some description of Big5 ************** The characters in Unicode are a superset of the characters in GB and Big5 so it is easy to convert directly from GB or Big5 into Unicode. However, while there is some overlap between GB and Big5, there are also many simplified characters in GB that are not in Big5, and many traditional characters in Big5 that are not in GB. Consequently, conversion between GB and Big5 is not trivial, since many simplified characters map to multiple Big5 traditional equivalents. Going from Big5 to GB is easier, since the conversion from traditional to simplified is much less ambiguous. For more information on conversion, see the encodings page at ChineseComputing.com . ************** In the original Big5, the encoding is compartmentalized into different zones ( [url]http://www.answers.com/topic/big5?hl=hkscs[/url] ) unicode have it similar, CJK is a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the characters are encoding same into different zones. now you have two problems, first MP can handle only up to 5000 character ( i hope i have understand it right ) the chineese Big5 code set defines 13056 characters and 1004 symbols. It includes 684 special symbols, as well as 325 unique symbols. i think, this is a little bit to much for inside the video graphic memory loaded fonts .... second, the sets are encoding same into different zones. that's mean you ( and me ) need some multiple selection of character sets inside MP ( you for chineese, me for some other asian languages ) but as you see self, not one programmer give some answer to my suggestion at the begin of this thread. maybee there are really not interesting to enable the non english speaking world inside the MP community ... in your case, try MCE 2005, MS have a fully unicode support and with the MUI language sets, you can start win xp in all your prefered languages. ( 32 languages ) dvb-s comes middle of this year and then maybee MCE are a competitor to the verry good MP system. greetings anymore [/QUOTE]