CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition

Text Editors

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WordPad

To some extent, WordPad can be treated as a word processor, because it supports rich text,

meaning that font attributes can be set at the character level, as opposed to at the docu-

ment level, and there is more control over the layout of the text. Some people treat it as a

simplied version of Microso Word.

BabelPad

BabelPad, developed by Andrew West, deserves special mention here, not because it is

free and not because it is a text editor that supports Unicode in general and CJKV text, but

that it additionally supports a large number of complex scripts and includes a large num-

ber of input methods.

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For readers of this book, I would like to point out that BabelPad

supports the regional scripts set forth in GB 18030-2005, specically Korean, Mongolian,

Tai Le, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Yi. I should also point out that supporting complex scripts

such as Mongolian and Tibetan is no small feat and is done by calling Uniscribe, which is

Windows’ complex script text layout engine. ere is a reason why they are referred to as

complex scripts.

BabelPad supports a large number of encodings, including the various encoding forms of

Unicode, whether it is for opening or saving text les.

In addition to its text-editing features, BabelPad includes many useful tools and utilities,

such as character maps, character lookup facilities, font analysis facilities, and so on.

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