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| From | Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Can Basic be bilingual? |
| Date | Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:34:55 -0700 |
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DonH formulated the question : > # I use MS-QBasic, under Windows (DOS), and find it quite satisfactory. > The bilingual endeavour was only a casual attempt, and of no real concern > - as Windows itself, and WWWeb, can accommodate. > I suppose that even at relatively primitive Basic level, the additional > characters of, eg Cyrillic or Germanic alphabets, could be covered if the > ASCII (American!) binaries were expanded. > Presumably, Basic in non-English nations is entirely in their language - > but that is not bilingual. Hmmm, well, that /is/ a DOS application, so you need to look at "ancient" things like codepages and such to do that. DOS is very limited, as I recall, to 256 characters at a time. Sorry I can't offer better advice. It's been nearly a quarter century since I had to mess with that stuff. -- .NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
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Can Basic be bilingual? "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> - 2012-03-30 06:30 +1100
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2012-03-29 13:19 -0700
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> - 2012-03-31 06:54 +1100
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2012-03-30 13:34 -0700
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2012-03-30 17:21 -0500
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? Hector Alfaro <alfaropas@ceropublicidad.com> - 2012-03-30 20:38 -0430
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> - 2012-04-01 04:47 +1000
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? steve <blunt.axe.basic@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 07:58 -0700
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> - 2012-04-06 05:35 +1000
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? steve <blunt.axe.basic@gmail.com> - 2012-04-05 17:33 -0700
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2012-04-07 22:44 +0200
Re: Can Basic be bilingual? "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> - 2012-04-09 06:59 +1000
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