From: 9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil)
Subject: Re: Farsi Word processors for the MAC?
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:06:00 GMT

In article <tooraj.721224719@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au>, tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati) writes...
>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:

>>>>>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.

  I might have a fix for that in a while.

>>>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.

  Before we embark in a complicated procedure, isn't MacFarsi available in Iran
and possibly elsewhere ?

>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 :-)

  I am not sure about the tits and the bulls -we have some strange fellows 
around here-.
  Can't you transfer the files from IBM to MAC using Apple File Exchange or
SoftPC or other disk mounters? AFE comes with any 6.0.x software -almost-.

>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.

  In case the above solution does not work, there is a PC shareware called
CopyQM that allows you to create a disk image on a file.  
  This works for Mac HDs. 
  I can upload the program and the disk images of 6.0.7 to an ftp site.

  7.1 on bric-a-brac are disk images any which way, though possibly not 
compatible with CopyQM -there is a Mac utility for that-.

  If it does not work, I can ship the diskettes to you.

  I trust the guys at tehran will welcome the hacked version.

  But once again, are we sure that MacFarsi is not available ?

>>>Tooraj Enayati 

>>alex@dt.uh.edu

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