From: tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Farsi Word processors for the MAC?
Date: 8 Nov 92 12:11:59 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.

9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil) writes:

>In article <tooraj.721195832@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au>, tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati) writes...
>>mehdi@admin.kth.se (Mehdi Alipour) writes:
>> 
>>>In article <Bx0GoA.BDL@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, mehran@monet.uwaterloo.ca (Mehran Farimani) writes:
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Could anyone give me information on Farsi word processors available for
>>>>MACs? Things like the name and address of the company would also be helpful.
>>>>
>>>>Thanx in advance ...
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>--Mehran
>> 
>>>I'm interested to such informations too.
>> 
>>>mehdi/      mehdi@admin.kth.se
>> 
>>There are a few around (no public domain or shareware one as far as I
>>know). The  best known for Persian is Al'KAteb. Your Apple dealer should 
>>be able to help you with that. I will try to find the address of the 
>>company. They also publish the Windows version called Vajeh-Negar. 
>>They each cost about $400.

>  Is there any thing wrong with aria - from tehran.stanford.edu - ?

Well, yes, it doesn't run on a Mac. Even on a IBM compatable, does a lot
of ugly things. For ex. it resets your PC's clock. Leaves some TSR in the
memory. It doesn't print properly on Epson compatable printers. It
doesn't support English. But after all it is just a demo.

>>For the Mac users, there is always the cheaper alternative of getting the
>>arabic system for afew dollars and editing/adding fonts and making any
>>word processor write in Persian. That is if you can handle the menubars
>>in Arabic :-) Of course  you can chnge those with ResEdit and make them
>>write Persian. 

>  The Arabic system 7.1 is available by anonymous ftp from 

> -  bric-a-brac.apple.com   (130.43.2.3)   in  /dts/mac/sys.soft.intl/arabic

> -  quepasa.cs.tu-berlin.de (130.149.17.7) 
>                       in  /pub/mac/mirrors/apple/dts/mac/sys.soft.intl/arabic

I wish I had this info. 2 years ago when I had access to a Mac and was
desperately looking for the arabic system.

>  Did any one bothered modifying System 7.1 into Farsi ?
>  Maybe that person could then post the modified system on some friendly ftp 
>site.  
>  BTW, Arabic 6.0.7 is also available.

That person will, put that on his list. It will of course come after the
Persian Spell Check Project. Plus I need to get the system on a floppy
disk. I can find a Mac to use but the Arabic System file on an IBM disk
is useless as tits on a bull :-)

If any one accepts to download Arbic system 6.0.7 on a MAC disk and send
it to me (I'll send you afew disk to cover the postage as well) I'll do
my best to modify the system and return it you, as long as you promise 
a copy be uploaded to tehran.stanford for every one's use.

>>God, I wish I had a Mac :-(

>  Same here.  :(

>>Regards.

>>Tooraj Enayati     Melbourne     Australia     tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au
>>Monash University       Robotic and Digital Technology       (Graduate/Alumni)

>alex@dt.uh.edu
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Tooraj Enayati     Melbourne     Australia     tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au
Monash University       Robotic and Digital Technology       (Graduate/Alumni)
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