- From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 18:25:32 JST
- To: masinter@parc.xerox.com (Larry Masinter)
- Cc: gtn@ebt.com, dupuy@cs.columbia.edu, uri@bunyip.com
> the Star and Globalview system
> allowed you to select files by their names rather than having to type
> them.
So are html browsers.
> Now that ordinary users are getting such systems on their PCs finally,
> the rest of the world might experience this convenience.
How can the Star and Globalview system allow me to select a file
name written on a paper?
> > In Japan, for these 10 years, UNIX file names with Japanese
> > Kanji has been widely available. But, it is not used at all.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> For longer than 10 years, Xerox XNS servers have allowed file names
> with Kanji names. I think the problem was that the UNIX systems were
> missing several important features.
I wrote, *WIDELY AVAILABLE*.
XNS servers were never available widely.
> > One problem is that it is more difficult to type in the name in
> > Kanji than ASCII.
>
> It is difficult to type in the name in Kanji if you do not have a
> Japanese typing system; fortunately,
Of course, all the Kanji-capable systems have Japanese typing system,
even with which typing has been difficult.
> I think a global international naming system for data objects is
> possible and useful; I've used one. I miss it, actually.
URL with % is the one.
Masataka Ohta
Received on Wednesday, 14 February 1996 04:35:30 UTC