I have only one word for all the above: amazing! As a dumb occidental, I have no idea where one starts with ideograms, but I realise how different the concept is and how its complexity can stimulate technical creativity.
Well done, all! Lucio. On 7/20/22, s...@9p.sdf.org <s...@9p.sdf.org> wrote: > With the recent commit of 'ktrans' to 9front, SDF boot camper 'ldb' as taken > the > idea and created 'ctrans' https://9p.sdf.org/who/ldb > > As Kenji Okamoto has pointed out, 'ktrans' would be difficult to extend to > Chinese due to the massive number of characters necessary. While Japanese > can > get away with ~2500 daily use characters, Chinese requires quite a bit more. > > The advantage in Japanese is that there are two other writing alphabets > which are > purely phonetic and useful for importing foreign words. > > ldb's 'ctrans' had to take the 'ktrans' idea and optimize it a bit more to > support > 20,000 characters. The result is a mechanism that more or less behaves like > ktrans > but is quick (even over drawterm) to cycle through character lists. > > moody has seen this work and it has been an inspiration to adapt to 'ktrans' > for > even faster Kanji look up which could allow for more esoteric Kanji to be > added. > > In addition a new font 'HanaMinA' has been adapted which beautifully > supports both > Japanese and Chinese characters and it is what we recommend folks use on > 9p.sdf.org. > > Thank you ldb for your great work! > > ldb, お疲れ様です! > > smj ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tba6835d445e07919-M69038fd1b148474da50c0796 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
