Using the iiim Server in zh.UTF-8 and zh_CN.UTF-8 Locales

The Internet Intranet Input Method Server (iiim) supports the European Local Input Methods that use the Compose Key. The iiim server supports the Asian Remote Input Methods using IIIM Protocol. The default Language Engine is English/European which supports ASCII and some European Languages such as German and French.

To switch to Chinese input methods, press Control-spacebar.

To switch to other language engines, click the left mouse button in the status area.

The following language engine list appears:

• Cyrilllic

• Greek

• Thai

• Arabic

• Hebrew

• Hindi

• Unicode Hex

• Unicode Octal

• Lookup

• Simplified Chinese

The following language engines appear if their corresponding locales are installed:

• Japanese — if ja locale is installed

• Korean— if ko locale is installed

• Traditional Chinese — if zh_TW locale is installed

• Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)— if zh_HK locale is installed

After the Simplified Chinese language engine is selected, you can use the following function keys to switch between different input methods:

• F2 — New PinYin

• F3 — New Shuang Pin

• F4 — QuanPin

• F5 — ShuangPin

• F6 — English_to_Chinese

For more detailed information about Input Methods, see Chapter 4, Entering Simplified Chinese Text.