Apple Chinese Language Kit User Manual
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Chapter 2
Choosing a Language for an Application Program
If you open a program localized in Chinese and it does not display menus, dialog boxes,
Balloon Help, and other items in Chinese characters, you should register the program using
the Language Register application.
To register a program localized in Chinese, follow these steps:
1
Open the Language Register program in the Apple Extras folder.
The Language Register dialog box appears.
2
Choose the language to register the program with from the Language pop-up menu:
Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.
3
Click Register.
4
In the dialog box that appears, locate and select the application you want to register.
5
Click Register.
6
Click OK in the dialog box that appears.
7
Click OK in the Language Register dialog box to make Traditional Chinese or Simplified
Chinese the default language used by the Language Register application and to close the
application.
Click Cancel to close the application without changing the default language.
To register a program in the default language, drag the program to the Language Register
application. You can make copies of the Language Register application with different default
languages selected to register programs.
You can register a program with only one language. If you decide to register a program with a
different language after you have registered it with Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese,
follow this procedure and choose the language in step 2.
If you change the name of a program after you register it, it will no longer be registered.
Converting Plug-ins
Plug-ins provide additional features and capabilities to the input methods. To create a plug-in
you specify what the plug-in does using a text file. See the “Sample (SC)” or the “Sample
(TC)” text files in the Chinese Utilities folder for an example of an input method plug-in.
When you have created the plug-in text file, you need to convert it using the Input Method
Plug-in Converter program so that you can use it with the input method.