Kaixo! On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:11:34AM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote:
> Note for xkb experts who don't know Hiragana/Katakana/Hangul: > input methods of these scripts need backtracking. For example, > in Hangul, imagine I hit keys in the c-v-c-v (c: consonant, > v: vowel) sequence. When I hit c-v-c, it should represent one > Hangul syllable "c-v-c". However, when I hit the next v, it > should be two Hangul syllables of "c-v c-v". That is only the case with 2-mode keyboard; with 3-mode keyboard there is no ambiguity, as there are three groups of keys V, C1, C2; allowing for all the possible combinations: V-C2, C1-V-C2. Eg: there are two keys for each consoun: one for the leading syllab consoun, and one for the ending syllab consoun. (I think the small round glyph to fill an empty place in a syllab is always at place C2, that is, c-v is always written C1-V-C2 with a special C2 that is not written in latin transliteration) > In Hiragana/Katakana, processing of "n" is complex (though > it may be less complex than Hangul). No. The "N" is just a kana like any other, no complexity at all involved. Complexity only happens when typing in latin letters. That is why the use of transliteration typing will always require an input method anyways, it cannot be handled with just Xkb. > > --- > Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/ > "Introduction to I18N" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/ > -- > Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/ -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.srtxg.easynet.be/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975 -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
