Re: [9fans] Simplified Chinese plan 9

[Alexander Sychev <santucco@gmail.com>]

Hello!

Some time ago I wrote for inferno an analog of kbmap with an extention -  
a  possibility to print complex symbols via sequences of more basic  
symbols.
I use it for typing by the russian translit.
Here is a piece of file for my kbmap:
<------------cut --------------->
1       45      0
1       46      'Ц
1       47      'В
1       48      'Б
1       49      'Н
1       50      'М
C       цх      'ч
C       Цх      'Ч
C       сх      'ш
C       Сх      'Ш
C       сцх     'щ
C       Сцх     'Щ
<------------cut--------------->

The latin symbols are mapped to russian when it is possible. Other russian  
symbols are presented via sequences of mapped symbols, e.g. russian  
symbol  'Ч' [ch] is presented like an sequence of 'ц' [c] и 'х' [h].
A sequence can be broken by pressing any non-symbol key.
There is at least one big disadvantage of this method - the input focus   
can be changed, e.g. by mouse. In inferno I didn't resolve this problem,   
because /dev/pointer can be opened only once.

Maybe it makes a sence to make something like this in Plan9 (an analog  
kbmap) for typing complex symbols like an hieroglyph ?

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:23:02 +0400, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>  
wrote:

>> HI..everyone:
>>        Is there some ways to input Simplified Chinese in plan 9 ? I
>> know plan 9 supports Unicode, so it is no questions for plan 9 to
>> display Simplified Chinese....... and i have seen some pictures on
>> Internet to prove it...so i have a question like that above...
>>    I'm looking forward for the answer........... Thanks first......!!!!
>
> the only way to input simplified chinese currently
> is to use the general codepoint input method.
> <compose> 'x' + four hex digits.  on a pc compose =
> <alt>.  that's probablly not what you're looking for.
> i am not aware that anyone has written an input
> method specificly for simplified chinese.
>
> - erik


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Best regards,
   santucco