JWPce (thing)

JWPce is a Japanese Word Processor, created for users of operating systems that don't natively support Japanese. Created by the author to add features the original JWP lacked (which is a different, but similar program), it was originally coded for Windows CE, but later ported to full Win32. It can be found at: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html

Features:

• More than 3000 Kanji, both Katakana and Hiragana
• Searchable Japanese <-> English dictionary
Support for extended dictionaries, such as:
• Name Dictionaries
• Profession-oriented dictionaries
• Computing
• Medical Sciences
• Law and Politics
• Aviation
• User Extended Dictionaries
• Multiple methods of Kanji lookup:
• Radical
• Bushu
• Stroke Count
• Skip Method
• Hadamitzky/Spahn
• Four-Corner
• Reading
• Index
• Hiragana/Pronunciation
• Can read, write, import and export characters in many encodings, including:
• EUC
• Shift JIS
• Old JIS
• New JIS
• NEC JIS
• UTF-7
• UTF-8
• UNICODE
• Provides 3 Bitmapped Kanji fonts, should your system not have any installed.
• Supports TrueType Kanji fonts (ie. MS Mincho and MS Gothic)
• Supports a comprehensive Character information database, giving detailed information on each character
• Source code is available under the GNU GPL and compiles under MSVC++
• Is compatible with WINE for operation on *NIX systems

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_{I'm still learning the full extent of this program, but to say the least, it looks like it will come in VERY handy, very soon.}