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Subject:Re: International HTML (long) From:Kris Olberg <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Mar 1998 20:12:19 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: Stamant, Kirk R <stamankr -at- jmu -dot- edu>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 1:36 PM
Subject: International HTML (long)
>My question is, can web page programming be done in other
>languages or with other, non-Roman characters? For
>example, can one create French homepages using the French
>language as the basis for coding (e.g., CENTRE for center
>object) or can home pages be set up using Arabic, Japanese,
>Chinese, Russian, Hebrew, or Greek scripts?
HTML is a standard. So the answer is no unless you can find an HTML editor
in which you can tag in one language and let the editor translate into
standard HTML.
Regards...Kris
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kolberg -at- actamed -dot- com
kris -at- olberg -dot- com
