CompuServe Thread

Alex, I met a fellow on BIX when I was active over there who wrote a minimal Wp for the Amiga. It can handle about 1-2 pages, and produces excellent quality Hangul in both script and block styles. There is an IFF output tool as well, makes some glorious screen fonts I've had opportunity to use (Scala MM presentation at the dojang uses them). I don't remember the name of the product offhand but I'll make a note of it this evening and let you know… it's down at the school, where I have an Amiga 1200 + laserprinter I do most of the recordkeeping and example documents with. The box and manuals are down there as well. I do use the Windows Hangul more now, as it's not limited to the size of the document and has all the power of Word available to me. As to why and how, I teach martial arts – Tae Kwon Do and Hapki Do – five nights a week. There are ten belt levels prior to black belt; at the fourth belt, I begin to teach my students how to read Hangul. Achieving the fifth belt level requires demonstration of knowledge of pronounciation of the 14 consonants and 21 vowels. They have to be able to describe which vowels are derived, which are compound, and discuss the visual to spoken relationship of compounded vowels; for instance, how "oo" and "uh" compound to the "wuh" voicing: ooo o o o o o o o ooo o o ooooooooo o o o o ooo o o Achiving the sixth belt level requires that they be able to read, from the Hangul, a selection of Korean martial arts terms (terms they already know well… poomse/hyung names, kicks, blocks, everyday polite greetings, certain commands and so forth). At the seventh belt level, we abandon English terminology all together. One of the things that makes our school a little different is the presentation to each student of a booklet that describes each belt level's goals, poomse steps and high points, self defense techniques and so on. With each new belt, they receive additional pages for the folder. Beginning with the fourth belt level, they are supplied with some charts I developed specifically to aid in learning Hangul; by the seventh belt level, all the new information for the booklet is in Hangul and so they have a venue in which to practice beyond the dojang. My knowledge of Korean is regrettably less than it should be, but it is improving as I find time to study. I use it to communicate with my Kwan jang nim with regard to our school, and lately I have had some opportunities to use it in relation to my computer company. That's pretty much the entire situation. 🙂 –Ben …via AutoPilot