From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 22:22:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294E537B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:22:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (www.alpsgiken.gr.jp [210.166.150.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5D743FAF for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:22:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joel@alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp) Received: from zz_radiant2 (www1.alpsgiken.gr.jp [61.114.244.165]) by alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (8.9.1a/3.7W) with ESMTP id OAA22248; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:22:36 +0900 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:25:07 +0900 From: Joel Rees To: "Alexander Lesch" , In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <20030612141151.DB0D.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.11 Subject: Re: Unicode typing in freebsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:22:43 -0000 > Is it possible to write unicode characters in freebsd shell and xwindows? Of course I can display them, but is there also a tool to write for instance vietnamese characters? (Please wrap your lines.) My experience is with Japanese and a some Chinese, but I'll tell you what I can. Any language with more characters than fit on your keyboard requires what is called an input method. With Japanese, you type in the pronunciation. When you've typed in enough to make a few words, you hit the convert key (usually the space bar) and the input method shows you a character that matches. If it isn't the one you want, you hit the convert key again, and you get a list of possible matches. Chinese can also be done phonetically, but the more popular method is to type in parts of the characters. Again, you get a possible match, and, if necessary, a list. The input method collects the keystrokes. The dictionary provides the list of possible matches. With Chinese and Jpanaese you need both the input method and the character dictionary. I think Vietnamese will use a similar approach. HTH -- Joel Rees