NewsWatcher 2.0b27CH01 (26/06/95) ==> What is : 'NewsWatcher 2.0b27CH' is a modified version based on the *beta* version of NewsWatcher to work with chinese text newsgroup. (NewsWatcher 2.0b27 of Northwestern University is a Usenet news client for Macintosh). The program support alt.chinese.text alt.chinese.text.big5 and other roman-latin newsgroup (accentue latin language such French). It does HZ filter decoding/encoding (GB<->HZ) automatically and can do GB<->Big5 and (HZ<->GB<->Big5 ). Program make select display font for you if you like. (auto filter/font select in Miscillaneous Option at Preference Dialog). (GB<->HZ is derived from Fung F. Lee's hz2gb.c/gb2hz.c. GB <-> Big5, is derived from Mac blue Telnet. ) To handle chinese display and to handle chinese input, NewsWatcher requires a Macintosh chinese OS or CLK - Chinese Language Kit (Apple). It supports chinese (simplied and traditional) input by system level. Hence you have your chinese text, It is transparent for user. (translated to hanzi code at send automatically). For exemple, if you have system chinese 7.1 or 7.5 or CLK, you must have Pinying-Wubixing-Wubihua-Qiwei-roman input methods for simplified chinese. Only one chinese script enough to read/post trad. and simp. chinese, if you like. - Other requirements see below. Last release of the program can find in anonymous FTP site (alaska.grenet.fr [130.190.75.3] or adelie.grenet.fr [130.190.75.3]) : ftp://alaska.grenet.fr/pub/chang_News/ Comment and bugs (chinese filter part) to : chang@glaciog.grenet.fr. ==> What is you need ? MacTCP, to read chinese, you must have a Chinese OS or CLK. 1.2M RAM. With NewsWatcher (2.0b27CH01), you can read both traditional and simplified chinese with only one chinese script (OS or CLK) installed. ==> How to set option In the File menu, check 'Preferences...'->'Micellaneous Option': If you want read only 'alt.chinese.text' and 'alt.chinese.text.big5' and any English/Latin newsgroups, check 'Auto Filter/Font Select' is enough. If you want some settings other than default, (infrequent, temporarily)You can turn 'Auto Filter/Font Select' OFF, and set Filter/Fonts youself. if You want some frequent and definitive settings, see later. If you want read 'alt.chinese.text' or 'alt.chinese.text.big5' and you have one or both chinese OS installed, after open 'Preference...' in 'File' menu, and open 'Miscellaneous Options', now you may see 5 check box at fin of dialog window. Be sure you have check for 'Auto Filter/Font...'. This will set Filter automatically for you. If this box is cheched, it's enough for Newswatcher to work correctly. With this release of NewsWatcher, you need only one Chinese OS system to read and post simplified and/or traditional chinese newsgroups: If you want force chinese display to Traditional chinese(Big5 coding) for reading 'alt.chinese.text' which in simplified chinese(GB coding) (by default), you must check 'Chinese Font forced -> Big5', don't both 2 forced options. After this, you are already to work with you Traditional chinese OS. If one of chinese script don't have installed, NewsWatcher will switch automatically to one enable. Notes: If you are changing this setting, you must switch (open) to an other NewsGroup, and return to your chinese NewsGroup to take change. Because for speed, I've check NewsGroup Name for do setting, if that isn't chnaged, no settings was taken in compte. ==> How to change default fonts/filter setting and to add new neswgroup to do auto select To do this, you need only ResEdit and a few mimute. 1. Open NewsWatcher by ResEdit; 2. Open 'FLT!' resource; You must see 3 items of this resource : a). "*" : default setting of Filter and Fonts (for most of Roman Script). b). "alt.chinese.text" : Filter and Fonts setting for this newsgroup. c). "alt.chinese.text.big5" : Filter and Fonts setting for this newsgroup. 3. Now, if you want NewsWatcher convert the HZ in other newsgroups, add a new item of 'FLT!' or by duplicate one of the 3 above. (Note: The Name and the ItemID are not important. Oh, Yes!) 4. Open the new item you have created at (3.) 5. fill in a). the Name of Group such 'chinese.program.anouncement' b). Filter to use for this group if it is in HZ code, set Use HZ Filter=ON; Use Latin1 Filter=OFF if it is in GB and Big5, set Use HZ Filter=OFF; Use Latin1 Filter=OFF if it is in roman (French, English), set Use HZ Filter=OFF; Use Latin1 Filter=ON; (Note: you don't need do this in last case unless you want use some special fonts). c). Fonts useing to Displaying and Printing Subject and Article. d). Script code for articles using for miss fonts and miss script override. 6. repeat (3.)-(5.), if you have other newsgroups to do. 7. close ResEdit before saved your work. 8. restart NewsWatcher. Thank you for use this software. LIU Chang-jun