Thai Localization

The current Oracle Solaris environment supports three Thai input levels and four Thai keyboard layouts.

Thai Input Methods

The following Thai input methods are supported in this release. These input methods are specified in the Thai IT Standard for character sequence checking.

1. Passthrough level, no input check

2. Basic input check level

3. Strict input check level

The passthrough level, with no sequence check, is the default in this release as it was in previous Oracle Solaris releases.

You can use the F2 function key to switch from one input level to the next.

Thai Keyboard Layouts

Four different keyboard layouts are supported for the Thai input method.

• Kedmanee (TIS820-2531) keyboard layout. The Kedmanee layout was designed for the typewriter, not the computer keyboard. The limited number of keys on the typewriter keyboard meant that some of the Thai special characters were not available in the layout. TIS820-2531 has adopted the Kedmanee layout for use with a computer keyboard.

  

• TIS820-2538 keyboard layout. This enhanced Kedmanee layout is an updated version of the TIS820-2531 layout that includes some of the Thai special characters that were unavailable in the original Kedmanee layout. Currently, TIS820-2538 is the only Thai keyboard layout standard that is issued by Thai Industrial Standard Institute.

  

• Pattajoti keyboard layout. The Pattajoti layout was also designed for the typewriter, but with better finger-load distribution.

  

• Configurable keyboard layout. User-defined keyboard layout for the Thai input method.

Thai Input Method Auxiliary Window

The Thai input method auxiliary window supports the following functions and utilities:

• Input level switching. You can click the input level button on the auxiliary palette to choose the passthrough, basic, or strict as your input level.

• Thai virtual keyboards. You can click the keyboard button to display the Thai virtual keyboard to use to enter Thai characters.