Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-29 Thread Silvan Jegen
On July 26, 2022 3:29:15 PM GMT+03:00, a...@sdf.org wrote: >> Silvan Jegen wrote: >> ktrans seems to be quite different actually. According to the >> documentation it uses the Cangjie input method >I was really surprised when I read this and of course, this is not true. I >suppose you meant

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-26 Thread adr
> Silvan Jegen wrote: > ktrans seems to be quite different actually. According to the > documentation it uses the Cangjie input method I was really surprised when I read this and of course, this is not true. I suppose you meant ctrans.

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread LdBeth
> In <288YQ7Y33V3RF.38NPGPX4H2CHU@homearch.localdomain> > "Silvan Jegen" wrote: SJ> andp...@foxmail.com wrote: >> On Friday, 22 July 2022, at 2:09 PM, Silvan Jegen wrote: >> > Ah, I didn't know that! I also don't know anyone who does office work >> > in a place where traditional

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread Silvan Jegen
andp...@foxmail.com wrote: > On Friday, 22 July 2022, at 2:09 PM, Silvan Jegen wrote: > > Ah, I didn't know that! I also don't know anyone who does office work > > in a place where traditional Chinese characters are used though ... > > They would use RIME, https://rime.im a free software widely >

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread andpuke
On Friday, 22 July 2022, at 2:09 PM, Silvan Jegen wrote: > Ah, I didn't know that! I also don't know anyone who does office work in a place where traditional Chinese characters are used though ... They would use RIME, https://rime.im a free software widely recognized among Chinese users who are

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread Jacob Moody
On 7/22/22 12:06, Sebastian Higgins wrote: > A few things: > > 1. Cangjie is still widely used in places that uses traditional Chinese > characters. You would still be required to be good at it if you apply for > text-heavy office jobs in these places. > 2. Radical-based/shape-based methods

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread andpuke
On Wednesday, 20 July 2022, at 11:15 PM, cigar562hfsp952fans wrote: > I've often wondered that. What input methods do Chinese speakers use? What do Chinese keyboards look like? How do they find/select the character they want? Are different sets of characters available on different computers, or

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread Silvan Jegen
Heyhey! Sebastian Higgins wrote: > A few things: > > 1. Cangjie is still widely used in places that uses traditional > Chinese characters. You would still be required to be good at it if > you apply for text-heavy office jobs in these places. Ah, I didn't know that! I also don't know anyone

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread Sebastian Higgins
t is kinda peculiar. Source: me who is a native Chinese speaker and have learned Wubi (a shape-based method for simplified Chinese) in primary school. From: Silvan Jegen Sent: Friday, July 22, 2022 12:30 To: 9fans Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese lang

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread adr
Yep, Cangjie is one of those input methods based on shape I was talking about, more appropriate for traditional Chinese characters used in Taiwan, Hong-Kong, etc. South Korea still use kanji similar to traditional Chinese, but I don't know what input method they use. Note that in mainland China

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-22 Thread Silvan Jegen
a...@sdf.org wrote: > > I stumbled onto an instructive video on youtube not that long ago. I'm > > sure there are a few you'll be able to search for. If I understand > > correctly, it's a combination of entering the phoneme by the nearest > > Latin letter, then select from a diminishing range of

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-21 Thread adr
> I stumbled onto an instructive video on youtube not that long ago. I'm > sure there are a few you'll be able to search for. If I understand > correctly, it's a combination of entering the phoneme by the nearest > Latin letter, then select from a diminishing range of suitable options > on the

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-21 Thread adr
> I know that the russian tech was very > isolated compared to modern technology. The most interesting for me are the Setun ternary computers designed by Nikolay Brusentsov in the late '50s running a Forth like system. They did a lot of research and came to the conclusion that Forth was _the_

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-21 Thread Lucio De Re
On 7/21/22, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org wrote: > sirjofri writes: > >> I'm pretty sure that pure Chinese computers would look different. > > I've often wondered that. What input methods do Chinese speakers use? > What do Chinese keyboards look like? How do they find/select the >

Re: [9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

2022-07-21 Thread sirjofri
21.07.2022 04:44:53 cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org: sirjofri writes: I'm pretty sure that pure Chinese computers would look different. I've often wondered that.  What input methods do Chinese speakers use? What do Chinese keyboards look like?  How do they find/select the character