The Internet is the fastest growing communication tool today. Therefore, many of NJWIN's features are added specifically for Internet. As the result, NJWIN is best Internet CJK viewer for browsing CJK Web pages, reading CJK news in UseNet newsgroups and reading CJK email messages.
What's Cool:
Supported Languages and Internal Code Standards
NJWIN enables the user to view Chinese, Japanese and Korean Text under any windows program. Within languages, automatic internal code detections have been implemented where feasible to reduce the need to change settings.
Chinese Internal codes supported:
Japanese Internal codes supported:
Korean internal code supported:
ISO-2022 encoded text is automatically detected within each language selection.
NJWIN now supports all windows platforms including all language versions of Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT (16 bit & 32 bit applications), OS/2 Windows mode, and PowerMac Soft Windows.
Supports Unicode base application
NJWIN now supports all Unicode based applications on Windows 95 and Windows NT. Programs such as Netscape Communicator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 are using Unicode as it's internal code.
Auto Detection of Chinese and Japanese Codes
NJWIIN can automatically detect Chinese GB, Big5, HZ and ISO-2022-GB encodings, and Japanese EUC-JIS, Shift-JIS, New-JIS, Old-JIS, NEC-JIS and ISO-2022-JP encodings. These different codes are supported on the same screen within same language setting.
Use True Type Font of Asian Windows
If your windows is Chinese or Japanese Windows, you can configure NJWIN to use your system True Type Fonts when the code being viewed matches your system fonts.
Support ISO-2022 Encoding and MIME encoding
Due to popular demand, ISO-2022 CJK encoding is now supported. Two forms of MIME encodings are also supported, namely Quoted Printables and Base64. This is very useful for viewing CJK newsgroups and Email header, as User Name and Subjects are most likely MIME encoded.
Improvements
Bug Fixes
Click the left mouse button on the NJWIN Icon or start NJWIN from Windows 95's Taskbar Start Menu. The following NJWIN control center will be displayed on the top right of the screen (default).
There are 6 buttons on the control center (from left to right)
1) NJWIN System button: Pressing the button displays a popup menu with following commands:
2). NJWIN Options button: Pressing the button will displays a dialog box of all NJWIN Options available for selection.
3). Current Coding button: Displays current Coding in Use, pressing the button will popup a menu with following coding selections:
NOTE: Other 7 bit encodings are supported automatically in one or more of the relevant modes listed above. See NJWIN Options for details.
4). Help button: Displays this help file.
5). Close button: Closes NJWIN control center and removes NJWIN from memory.
6). Move button: Click and hold the left mouse button on this button to drag NJWIN control center anywhere on the screen. NJWIN will remember this position when next started. You can also hold the left mouse button on other buttons for few seconds to perform same function.
[] Support HZ in Auto Mode
[] Support HZ in GB Mode
[] Support HZ in Big5 Mode
HZ is a popular encoding method for posting GB text on internet newsgroups
or email as 7 bit text, where the computer network could not pass the 8
bit GB code in the old days. NJWIN is able to decode HZ encoded GB text
automatically in any of the Chinese Modes once the options are checked
in the options dialog box. If you don't want your computer spend time detecting
HZ codes, these functions can be disabled by unchecking the option. To
achieve the best decoding, it's recommended that you turn these options
ON when viewing newsgroup such as alt.chinese.text, alt.chinese.text.big5
and alt.chinese.computing.
[] Show HZ Head and Tails
When checked, the HZ escape codes are displayed. It should off for
best viewing.
CJK Languages
[] Support ISO-2022 GB/JP/KR encoding
ISO-2022 is a new international standard for encoding CJK text as 7
bit text to be transmitted over Internet, where some old computer systems
can not pass 8 bit CJK text. NJWIN will decode ISO- 2022 encoding if this
option is checked. You may turn this option off if you are sure there is
no such encoding in your text being viewed. This option also controls the
decoding of all 7 bit JIS encodings.
[] Support MIME encoding
MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) encoding is mainly used
by email program to encode arbitrary bytes into 64 readable characters
for safe internet transmission. It's also the email program's responsibility
to decoding MIME encoded text. But we have found MIME encoded text is not
decoded in Email and News Header (such as in User Name, Subject). This
is where NJWIN comes in - NJWIN automatically decodes the MIME encoded
text as they appear on the screen, thus making your email and news subject
more readable.
[] Use Smart Detection in Auto Mode
Various techniques are used in all Auto Modes, some are more aggressive
than others. Those of more aggressive detection methods are used by `Smart
Detection' algorithm. Smart Detection assumes the text being viewed is
confirmed to support CJK coding standards, that means all undefined characters
are not used. Smart Detection can achieve best results if this assumption
is true. However, some CJK software adds custom characters in those undefined
zones resulting in incorrect detection. To correct the detection, turn
this option off.
[] Show Shift-in and Shift-out Escape sequence.
When checked, the ISO2022 escape codes are displayed. It should off
for best viewing.
My Windows System
Sets the language and coding of your Windows System. If a CJK windows is selected and code being viewed matches the selected Windows System, NJWIN will act as Online code converter and let the Windows system use it's own True Type fonts to display CJK characters. For example:
1). If Chinese Big5 Windows is selected, the system Chinese fonts will be used for displaying traditional Chinese characters under Chinese GB/Big5/Auto Fanti modes.
2). If Chinese GB Windows is selected, the system Chinese fonts will be used for displaying simplified Chinese characters under Chinese GB/Big5/Auto Jianti modes.
3). If Japanese Windows (Shift-JIS) is selected, the system Japanese fonts will be used for displaying Japanese characters under Japanese EUC/SJIS/Auto modes.
Hint:
If your system is not a Microsoft CJK Windows and you select one of the CJK Windows in this option, you will see no CJK characters displayed. You MUST select Standard English/Western Windows in order for NJWIN to display CJK text.
For Language Select ----------------------- ---------------------- English/Western No CJK Support Chinese Chinese Auto/GB/Big5 Japanese Japanese Auto/EUC/SJIS Korean Korean KSC Note: For Chinese, you can select either simplified (JianTi) or traditional (FanTi) characters.Identify the secondary encoding type for the document:
Within each Language, NJWIN is able to identify all different encodings, so it's better to set to Auto mode. If you are sure of the document coding your are viewing, you may set to the exact encoding. By default the ability to detect 7 bit encodings (HZ, MIME and ISO2022) are enabled in the NJWIN option dialog box.
Use visual sense:
Usually, if there are a lot of random characters displayed when you switch to an encoding it's most likely that you have the incorrect encoding. Try other encodings.
Common encodings used in the newsgroups:
Common encodings used in the Web pages:
Language Country Encoding -------- -------- ------------------------------------ Chinese: China - GB Taiwan - BIG5 Hong Kong - mostly BIG5 and some GB Singapore - mostly GB and some BIG5 Others - GB and BIG5 Japanese: Japan - mostly SJIS and some EUC Others - SJIS and EUC Korean: Korea - KSC Others - KSC
By the time you have read to this point, you have probably already installed NJWIN successfully. However, if not, here is the installation procedure.
If you receive NJWIN in a ZIP file, say NJWIN120.ZIP, you need to unzip the zip file into a temporary directory, then type or run SETUP.EXE to start the installation. Two most popular unzip programs are: WINZIP available at www.winzip.com, and PKZIP available at www.pkware.com.
If you receive NJWIN in a EXE file, say NJWIN120.EXE, you simply run the EXE file to start the installation.
On Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0: select Run from the Taskbar Start menu, type the full name of the file (for example, C:\DNLOAD\NJWIN120.EXE), press the Enter key, and follow the prompts.
On Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 3.51: activate the Program Manager, select Run from the File menu, type the full name of the file (for example, C:\DNLOAD\NJWIN120.EXE), press the Enter key, and follow the prompts.
If you receive NJWIN on disk, simply insert the first disk in drive A: or B:, then type (or run) SETUP.EXE to start the installation.
After starting the SETUP program, the SETUP wizard will guide you through the installation process.
Uninstallation
Automatic: an uninstall program is included to automatically uninstall NJWIN from your hard disk. The NJWIN uninstall program (REMOVE.EXE) can found under NJWIN's group folder.
Manual: NJWIN is a small package, all files are installed under one directory (default \NJWIN). So to manually remove NJWIN from your hard disk, simply delete all files in the NJWIN directory, and remove all NJWIN icons on the desktop or folders.
A1: You should set NJWIN to Chinese Auto Mode and let NJWIN do all the code switching automatically. For Internet Chinese newsgroup such as alt.chinese.text, alt.chinese.text.big5 and alt.chinese.computing, you should make sure the HZ options, ISO2022 and MIME options are checked in the NJWIN Options dialog box in order to achieve best decoding. To access those Newsgroups, it's recommended to use a good news reader such as FreeAgent (available on www.forteinc.com) or WinVN (freeware).
When viewing Chinese web pages, they normally allow you to select GB or Big5 code, you can set NJWIN to the same code or to Auto mode, either in simplified or tradational characters. As Auto Detection can never be 100% accurate, if you see some codes are not correctly displayed and you know it's encoding, then set to GB or Big5 for perfect viewing. Under Netscape browser, you can set the Netscape menu - Options - Document Encoding to Chinese Big5, in order to wrap Chinese text correctly in case the web page is not pre-wrapped.
[For HTML Authors] Due to the conflict between 7 bit HZ encoding and HTML language syntax, a 7 bit HZ home page can not be viewed correctly under any WWW viewer. So never create a home page in 7 bit HZ coding. Use 8 bit HZ (eg. the HZ8) instead, or for best results use plain GB or Big5. Since all WWW browsers (except Netscape 2.0 or above) can not automatically wrap Chinese line correctly, it's better to pre-wrap the Chinese web pages and place the Chinese text between the
andstatement. See CND-CM Chinese magazine (HXWZ) for an example.
Q2: How to Use NJWIN to Read Japanese on Internet ?
A2: You should normally set to Auto or Shift-JIS mode because Shift-JIS is most commonly used in a Japanese Web page. If you know a home page is in EUC coding, then set NJWIN to Auto/EUC mode. Under Shift-JIS or EUC mode, all 7 bit JIS (ISO-2022-JP/New-JIS, Old-JIS and NEC-JIS) are recognized automatically. This recognition can be turned off through the NJWIN Options dialog box if desired.
If the Japanese web pages are not pre-wrapped or in 7 bit JIS coding, they can't be viewed correctly under normal viewer, except using NETSCAPE. Under Netscape browser, you can set in the Netscape menu - Options - Document Encoding to Japanese Auto-Detect, EUC or Shift-JIS depending on the source. If you set Netscape to any one of the Japanese Encodings, Netscape always converts to Shift-JIS, so you must set NJWIN to Auto/Shift-JIS in order to view correctly.
Q3: How to Display CJK Text Perfectly on the Screen?
A3: NJWIN uses 16x16 font for screen display and Windows scales it to any size specified by the displaying program (such as web browser, news and email program). To get a perfect clear screen display (i.e. in 16x16 bitmap), you should set the concerned program to use 11,12 or 13 point font for display.
In Netscape Navigator, the default font size is 10 point, so CJK text will not be displayed clearly. You can change all default font sizes to 12 points from: Netscape Options - General Preference - Fonts, you must change the size for proportional and fixed fonts for all the languages you are interested including the Latin.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer, the font size is changed by clicking the `Font' button on the toolbar until the best size is displayed.
In FreeAgent news reader, the default font sizes can be changed under Options - General Preference - Fonts. You must change the size for all parts of the program. Use `System' font for best display.
In Eudora Email program, the font size for the message display can also be set in the Tools - Option - Font & Display - Screen Font.
We can not list all the programs you may use, but you can always find a way to change the display font size.
To get perfect display in menu or dialog box in Windows 95, set the font to `System Font'. (from Windows 95's START - Settings - Control Panel - Screen - Appearance ).
Q4: Does NJWIN work in Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 ?
A4: NJWIN only supports 16 bit applications under Windows NT. That means you can use 16 bit programs, like Netscape 16 bit, etc., to display CJK text. Because system controls (Button, ListBox, Edit Box and ComboBox) are 32 bit, you will not see any CJK text displayed in those controls.
If you are developing a 32 bit DBCS/CJK Windows application and
want to run it under Windows 95 and NT without any DBCS/CJK Windows system
support, please contact Q5: Does NJWIN work in Windows 3.1x ?
A5: YES, it's now working under windows 3.1x (all language versions).
Q6: How to make NJWIN work for MS-Word 6.0 or later version
?
A6: You should disable MS-Word's AutoCorrect function and not
allow the non-printing characters to be shown. Go to Word's menu Tool -
AutoCorrect, uncheck all selections. Go to Tool - Options..., uncheck all
non-printing characters.
Q7. How to use Netscape Version 2.0 and 3.0 with NJWIN ?
A7: Netscape v2.0 and 3.0 have support for Chinese (GB/Big5),
Japanese (EUC/SJIS) and Korean (KSC) text. Therefore, home pages no longer
need to be in pre-wrapped format. Netscape will wrap the line correctly
according to the size of current screen. It has been found that setting
all the font sizes to 12/14 points will produce best screen display. Provided
that you have set the Netscape's Options - Document Encoding to Chinese
GB/Big5, Japanese Auto or Korean.
Q8: Can NJWIN use better CJK fonts ?
A8: YES, 1) If your Windows is Microsoft CJK Windows, NJWIN can
use your System TTF for display, see NJWIN Options for specifying your
system. 2) You you are registered user of NJSTAR Chinese/Japanese WP 4.0,
NJWIN is able to use the 24x24 fonts in NJSTAR WP. Please copy *.24 from
NJSTAR directory to NJWIN directory.
Q9: Are there any known problems with NJWIN ?
A9: NJWIN uses Microsoft's CTL3D.DLL to display it's own dialog
boxes in 3D look. NJWIN will install it into the windows system directory.
If any other program installs an older version of this DLL into the windows
system directory after NJWIN is installed without version checking, NJWIN
may have problems to starting. You are likely to get a system message such
as "some functions in DLL are not supported" or similar. To solve this
problem, you have to install NJWIN again, or restore the new version of
this DLL into the windows system directory.
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