Inside Macintosh: Text /

Appendix A - Built-in Script Support

WorldScript II

WorldScript II is a system extension, available with system software versions 7.1 and later, that can support 2-byte script systems: Chinese (traditional and simplified characters), Japanese, and Korean. It contains code that implements script-aware text-manipulation routines, eliminating the need for each script to maintain its own code extensions. WorldScript II supports the input, display, and printing of the thousands of characters needed by the 2-byte script systems.

WorldScript II is a single file located in the Extensions folder within the System Folder on the user's Macintosh. It installs all compatible 2-byte script systems that are present in the System Folder and provides each with a set of standard routines.

Note

Unlike WorldScript I, WorldScript II does not support the Script Manager routines (such as SetScriptUtilityAddress) that allow replacement of script utilities or QuickDraw calls.

---

Subtopics

About WorldScript II

Initialization Sequence

How Calls Are Dispatched