10-29-2009, 09:34 AM | #1 | |
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Chinese IME?
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= I'm not sure if I understand the file attached to the referenced post: there ar lots of glyphs that have the same key combination?!? Code:
1up 彬 1up 檳 1up 儐 1up 斌 1up 繽 1up 豳 1up 瀕 |
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10-29-2009, 10:05 AM | #2 | ||
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I don't know if pop-up menu can be easily created using lua-gtk. Ideally, we don't want multiple glyphs have the same input combination. The best case to design an IME is to make each glyph has its unique combination, but it not a easy task. An IME meeting the unique combination requirement may be too hard to learn. Quote:
There are other IMEs created based on shape of glyphs. If a person can write Chinese glyphs, he can use those IMEs after learning the the rules behind each IME. That means, people don't have to remember the combination. The requirement of using a IME is being able to read or write Chinese glyphs and learn some rules of individual IME. The rules will differ for each IME, so most people just pick one or two IMEs that fit. For Simplified Chinese, Pingying IME is the most popular. It uses the combination of pronunciation of English (or Roman) characters to map to pronunciation of a Chinese glyph. In a way, it's similiar to some Japanese IME. In fact, "Zhuying" and "Pingying" is the pronunciation. As to visual feedback, definitely it exists for most circumstances.Take Zhuying IME for example, when a user type a key, say "J", there will be a small box showing the respective Zhuying symbol. When a combination is finished, a glyph will show up. If multiple glyphs have the same combination, a pop-up menu will come out for users to pick a glyph. Although this feature (visual feedback) is convenient, it is not a necessity. But a pop-up menu is a must-have. For skillful people, they don't have watch the screen to input correct glyphs. Last edited by ericshliao; 10-29-2009 at 10:44 AM. |
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10-29-2009, 10:54 AM | #3 |
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Before providing Chinese IME with pop-up menu, I think MiniPad can be expanded to provide western language ,such as Greek, German, French, Russian text input using the similiar table as GCIN. It should be feasible since pop-up menu is not needed.
It's just my conjecture, since I don't know these languges. Take French for example. by adding a button on MiniPad, users can switch between French and English text input. When switched to French text input, the keyboard will show French characters on keys instead of English characters. French characters will be read from the table supplied by the user. Last edited by ericshliao; 10-29-2009 at 11:01 AM. |
10-29-2009, 11:00 AM | #4 |
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For 1u4 the tables has almost 100 glyphs! do the all show in the popup?
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10-29-2009, 11:09 AM | #5 | |
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Added: It's not mandatory to use number keys to select and to use spacebar to scroll the menu. Maybe clicking on the respective button is more convenient for iLiad. Last edited by ericshliao; 10-29-2009 at 11:21 AM. |
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