Re: Chinese input question

From: * Tong * (sun_tong_at_users.sourceforge.net)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:25:19 GMT

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:33:15 -0800, Neil Zanella wrote:

> LEE Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote in message news:<m3ad55ysok.fsf@mika.informatik.uni-freiburg.de>...
>> It's time to learn Emacs! :)

Yes, definately.
 
>> Emacs has built-in multilingual (not just i18n + l10n) support since
>> version 20 -- some 5 years ago. And it comes with its own
>> input-method system, which also works in console mode. I've been
>> using it for editing Chinese (and also other languages) texts files
>> and mail/news since then, and I don't even need xcin.

Well, I always find the default built-in support to be a bit
cumbersome, maybe because the GB input in Emacs is not as good as
BIG5 input.

Now, I just found that Emacs under RH9 can accept XIM input right away. So
I don't need to learn the cumbersome built-in GB input method
any more. Just start my miniChinput type right in Hanyu Pinyin.
 
> Interesting... I wonder whether emacs supports both Traditional as well
> as Simplified chinese for input. Also, is it possible to use Hanyu
> Pinyin as the input method under emacs?

Yes, since Emacs can now support XIM method.

> What command strokes do I issue
> in emacs to input the Chinese characters for something like, say, "ni3
> hao3" using the emacs text editor (or even xemacs, which should be
> almost the same).

Read on.

> Nevertheless, there must be a way to do the same thing with vim, perhaps
> using one of xcin, miniChinput, Chinput, fcitx, or some other X input
> method. I am not quite sure what the differene between these is.

> The way Red Hat set up the Fedora GDM login screen with language
> support it seems as though xcin is preferable for traditional
> Chinese characters whereas miniChinput is preferable for
> simplified chinese characters but I am not quite sure
> that it really works that way.

Yes, that's true.
 
> I wonder whether anyone has experience with miniChinput and perhaps could
> give me an example of how to use it... ??? In particular how could I use
> it with vim, mozilla, or some other cool app?

I've been always using miniChinput, maybe since RH7.2. Very simple, switch
system language into GB Chinese, fire up emacs, or gnome-terminal, or
gedit, or mozilla, then Ctr-Space and off you go!

You should be able to see an Chinese input box, type in "nihao"! 

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