One area where EditTime is different is support for multiple languages. The product is the first SGML editor to be based on Unicode, the new international standard for multibyte character sets, and it was designed from the outset to support publishing a single document in multiple European languages. Users can quickly switch character sets directly from the keyboard while typing, and EditTime displays the characters on the screen in a monospaced font. In this way, a single document can contain all of the language variations. Although the Unicode standard is complete, character set and font support from major vendors is not yet in place, so Timelux has had to create its own character sets and screen fonts until third-party support is available.
Users have the choice of saving documents in Unicode or single-byte character sets.
EditTime runs under Windows 3.1 or higher on 486 PCs with at least 8 MB of memory. To encourage volunteers for its beta program, Timelux is currently offering beta customers the software for no charge.