Anthony Fok wrote: > > > Do I need xcin or some other input filter? > > Yes, xcin or chinput. If you are using Pinyin, Chinput may be a better > choice, as it has an intelligent toneless pinyin input method that, IMHO, > has a more natural feel to it. XCIN, on the other hand, excels in Bopomofo > (Zhuyin) and other input methods. >
Thanks for all your help! I seem to have touched on a couple of items from the team's todo list... I might be available to help out, but I can't read chinese yet. I have xcin working now. I had to wrestle with my locale setting. On my system I have files for zh_TW.big5, but not zh_TW.Big5 ( note the capitalization of the "b" in big ). All the debian docs have a capital "B", but when I use the little "b" it's much more happy. Why is that? I don't fully understand files like locale.alias yet (also there seems to be two versions, one for linux and one for X11). I think I understand the xcin config file. What I really want is to enter pinyin like we use my class and like what cxterm uses. For example I want to type "ni3 hao3". The tones are important to me, because that's a big part of what I'm trying to learn. How do I set that up for xcin? I'm going to try the abiword soon. Thanks again. Cheers, Curt
