I-Tien Input Mode

I-Tien mode maps Chinese phonetics to the keyboard according to the sound of each Roman keyboard character.

Type the command itkbd to display the I-Tien character mapping to the keyboard. This keyboard mapping and its icon are displayed as follows:

Typing I-Tien Input

1. Open a new Terminal (in ASCII mode) and type cat.

2. Type Control-spacebar to turn on TsangChieh mode.

   The mode appears in the status area.

3. Press the F6 key to turn on I-Tien mode.

   The mode appears in the status area.

4. Type dx83.

   The I-Tien input converter finds only one matching character and displays it:

   

5. Type v, r, and a space.

   The input converter finds several matching characters and displays a lookup choice pop-up:

   

6. Press f to select the appropriate character.

   The radicals are converted and the correct character appears.

   

7. Type ce-2.

   The input converter finds several matching characters and displays a lookup choice pop-up.

8. Press b to select the appropriate character.

   The radicals are converted and the correct character appears:

   

9. If this Chinese-title file contained the following poem, pressing the Return key would run the cat command on this file and display: