Return-Path: Received: from [213.93.251.208] (HELO russisk.no) by vsu.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with SMTP id 919875 for CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:30:43 +0400 Received: from 192.168.0.17 ([192.168.0.17] verified) by russisk.no (Stalker SMTP Server 1.8b8) with SMTP id S.0000020566 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:30:35 +0200 Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:30:32 +0200 From: leiF HalvarD Silli Subject: Re: Russian/Polish/German...without switching To: CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru Message-ID: <3106848632.Leif_Halvard_Silli0004@russisk.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: lhs@russisk.no Errors-To: postmeister@russisk.no X-Mailer: Magellan Pro 1.3.0.144.1011029 (Macintosh Carbon) Vladimir Volovich 2002.06.13 tor 20:41:57: >On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 01:05:42 +0100 (WEST) > Laurent Siebenmann wrote: .. >first, i wonder, how you can make a distinction (say color) in your editor >for German A and Polish A for text files?? text files do not have any >additional structure besides characters. Perhaps Laurent was thinking from a Macintosh point of view? On the mac it is possible. A mac file consist of two files, so called "forks": data and resource fork. How it is implemented varies a bit. THe most consequent use of this is probably found in Nisus Writer. A NW file can always be opened therefore. Because the styling will only be visible in NW. NW also lets you ad "language styles" to any text. THis is mostly used for spell checking so the right speller is used for each language. In fact, in NW it is possible to ad the latex commands as *invisible* text (a "style invisible"). Thus you can, if you wish, print a nicely formatted file directy from NW to your print, and thenafter send the same file to your tex program. Alas, in OSX the "double fork" file format is not used anymore. -- leif