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From: h.prill@magnet.at
Subject: Austrian Patch for Mac OS 8.5
So Apple forgot about Austria. They have localization codes for almost
any country, including Lapland and the Faeroe Islands, but not for the
country of Mozart, Beethoven, Sachertorte and The Sound of Music. ;-)
So far, this didn't matter all that much, but since OS 8.5 it does. You
see, OS 8.5 offers automatic compatibility for non-Western web pages, and
if you install this feature, you have a permanent keyboard menu in your
menu bar (as you did in OS 8 if you had more than one keyboard mapping
selected in the Keyboard control panel).
This means that Austrian users have to stare at the German flag all the
time while they're sitting at their computer. I decided to change that.
This little patch adds some Austrian data to your system file,
*replacing* the corresponding German ones. You'll notice the difference
in the control panels Date & Time, Keyboard and Numbers, plus, of course,
in the keyboard menu.
This patch only works with the US-English version of Mac OS 8.5. It does
not yet work with the German version. I will make a patch for the German
OS as it becomes available.
Disclaimer
You use this software at your own risk. I have tested it and found it to
work fine, but there is no implicit or explicit warranty that it works.
If it damages your computer, if you lose any data, or if anything nasty
happens, I am not to be made responsible.
Freeware
This patch is absolutely free and may be distributed freely, as long as
no money is charged for it.
Contact
E-mail: h.prill@magnet.at
WWW: http://aardvark.magnet.at/hp/
October 10th, 1998