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by dajnj
2004-11-12 06:59:50
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: New 2.1
Replies: 3
Views: 5169

Still waiting for Gloss/Ruby/Furigana

I sound like a broken record, but in my case, an update that does not include the function formerly known as GLOSS (called RUBY by LightWay Text, it enables furigana for Japanese--small writing over the top of a word) means that Nisus Express still is unusable as a decent Japanese word processor. I ...
by dajnj
2004-09-14 08:05:17
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: When will we see gloss.
Replies: 4
Views: 6042

Re: Gloss or Ruby text for Furigana

(Do you think I'm not going to buy another Macintosh until Apple releases a System with full BiDirectional support?) Thanks for the reply and hope it does show up asap. I appreciate the problems, and my statement of not buying another update was not meant as anything but a simple statement of fact....
by dajnj
2004-09-14 07:09:02
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: When will we see gloss.
Replies: 4
Views: 6042

Yep

Yeah, they did but they called it Gloss. It was under a style submenu titled "Other" I think. LightWay Text calls it Ruby. The reply I received well over a year ago from Nisus is that it is on their list of "TO DOs", but it must be pretty far down. Hope we can convince them that ...
by dajnj
2004-09-13 22:03:23
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: When will we see gloss.
Replies: 4
Views: 6042

When will we see gloss.

This is a question I have asked repeatedly and never received a definitive answer. When will we see GLOSS returning? This is the text format that allows you to write in small character over the main characters and is ESSENTIAL for furigana in Japanese word processing (especially for us non-native sp...