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International Language Environments Guide

Desktop Input Methods

CDE provides the ability to enter localized input for an internationalized application using Xm Toolkit. The XmText[Field] widgets are enabled to interface with input methods from each locale. Input methods are internationalized because some language environments write their text from right-to-left, top-to-bottom, and so forth. Within the same application, you can use different input methods that apply several fonts.

The pre-edit area displays the string that is being pre-edited. This can be done in four modes:

In OffTheSpot mode, the location is just below the Main Window area at the right of the status area. In OverTheSpot mode, the pre-edit area is at the cursor point. In Root mode, the pre-edit and status areas are separate from the client's window.

For more details, refer to the XmNpreeditType resource description on the VendorShell(3X) man page.

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In the Solaris 9 environment, native Asian input methods exist for Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. These methods are in addition to the current multiscript input methods for Unicode locales.

The following discussion includes descriptions of selected input methods, how to use them, and how to switch between them.

Script Selection and Input Modes

Solaris Unicode locales support multiple scripts. Every Unicode locale has a total of fourteen input modes:

Accessing Input Mode

You can switch into a particular input mode by using a Compose key combination or through the input mode selection window. To access the input mode selection window, press mouse button 1 in the status area at the bottom left corner of your application window. The input mode selection window is shown in following figure.

Figure 5–1 Input Mode Selection Window

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Input Mode Switch Key Sequences

You can change the current input mode to a new input mode by using the key sequences listed in Table 5–1. The only restriction for using these key sequences is that if you are in one of the Asian input modes, you need to switch back to English/European input mode by pressing Control and spacebar together. Once you are in the English/European input mode, you can switch freely to any other input mode by using the key sequences.

The following key sequences show how to switch to Cyrillic from the English/European input mode:

Table 5–1 Input Mode Switch Key Sequences

Key Sequences 

Input Mode 

Control + Spacebar

English/European 

Compose c c

Cyrillic 

Compose g g

Greek 

Compose a r

Arabic 

Compose h h

Hebrew 

Compose t t

Thai 

Compose h i

Hindi 

Compose j a

Japanese 

Compose k o

Korean 

Compose s c

Simplified Chinese 

Compose t c

Traditional Chinese 

Compose h k

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) 

Compose u o

Unicode octal code input method 

Compose u h

Unicode hexadecimal code input method 

Compose l l

Table lookup input method 

English/European Input Mode

The English/European input mode includes the English alphabet plus characters with diacritical marks (for example, á, è, î, õ, and ü) and characters (such as ¡, §, ¿) from European scripts.

This input mode is the default mode for any application. The input mode is displayed at the bottom left corner of the GUI application window.

To insert characters with diacritical marks or special characters from Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9, you must type a Compose key sequence, as described in the following examples.

To display the Ä character:

To display the ¿, character:

When there is no Compose key available on your keyboard, you can emulate its operation by simultaneously pressing the Control key and the Shift key.

For the input of the Euro currency symbol (Unicode value U+20AC) from the locale, you can use any one of following input sequences:

With these input sequences, you press both keys simultaneously. If there is no AltGraph key available on your keyboard, you can substitute the Alt key.

The following tables show the most commonly used compose sequences for Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-3, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9 script input for the Solaris operating environment.

The following table lists the common Latin-1 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–2 Common Latin-1 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Then Press and Release 

Result 

spacebar

spacebar

no-break space 

s

1

superscripted 1 

s

2

superscripted 2 

s

3

superscripted 3 

!

!

inverted exclamation mark  

x

o

currency symbol ¤ 

p

!

paragraph symbol ¶ 

/

u

mu u 

'

"

acute accent ´ 

,

, (comma)

cedilla Ç 

"

"

diaeresis ¨ 

-

^

macron ¯ 

o

o

degree ° 

x

x

multiplication sign x 

+

-

plus-minus ± 

-

-

soft hyphen – 

-

:

division sign ÷ 

-

a

ordinal (feminine) ª 

-

o

ordinal (masculine) º 

-

, (comma)

not sign ¬ 

.

.

middle dot · 

1

2

vulgar fraction ½ 

1

4

vulgar fraction ¼ 

3

4

vulgar fraction ¾ 

<

<

left double angle quotation mark « 

>

>

right double angle quotation mark » 

?

?

inverted question mark ¿ 

A

` (backquote)

A grave À 

A

' (single quote)

A acute Á 

A

*

A ring above Å 

A

"

A diaeresis Ä 

A

^

A circumflex  

A

~

A tilde à

A

E

AE diphthong Æ 

C

, (comma)

C cedilla Ç 

C

o

copyright sign © 

D

-

Capital eth ð 

E

` (backquote)

E grave È 

E

'

E acute É 

E

"

E diaeresis Ë 

E

^

E circumflex Ê 

I

` (backquote)

I grave Ì 

I

'

I acute Í 

I

"

I diaeresis Ï 

I

^

I circumflex Π

L

-

pound sign £ 

N

~

N tilde Ñ 

O

` (backquote)

O grave Ò 

O

'

O acute Ó 

O

/

O slash Ø 

O

"

O diaeresis Ö 

O

^

O circumflex Ô 

O

~

O tilde Õ 

R

O

registered mark ® 

T

H

Thorn þ 

U

` (backquote)

U grave Ù 

U

'

U acute Ú 

U

"

U diaeresis Ü 

U

^

U circumflex Û 

Y

'

Y acute ý 

Y

-

yen sign ¥ 

a

` (backquote)

a grave à 

a

'

a acute á 

a

*

a ring above å 

a

"

a diaeresis ä 

a

~

a tilde ã 

a

^

a circumflex â 

a

e

ae diphthong æ 

c

, (comma)

c cedilla ç 

c

/

cent sign ¢ 

c

o

copyright sign © 

d

-

eth ð 

e

` (backquote)

e grave è 

e

'

e acute é 

e

"

e diaeresis ë 

e

^

e circumflex ê 

i

` (backquote)

i grave ì 

i

'

i acute í 

i

"

i diaeresis ï 

i

^

i circumflex î 

n

~

n tilde ñ 

o

` (backquote)

o grave ò 

o

'

o acute ó 

o

/

o slash ø 

o

"

o diaeresis ö 

o

^

o circumflex ô 

o

~

o tilde õ 

s

s

German double s ß also known as sharp S 

t

h

thorn þ 

u 

` (backquote)

u grave ù 

u

'

u acute ú 

u

"

u diaeresis ü 

u

^

u circumflex û 

y

'

y acute y 

y

"

y diaeresis ÿ 

|

|

broken bar ¦

The following table lists the common Latin-2 and Latin-4 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–3 Common Latin-2 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

a

spacebar

ogonek 

u

spacebar

breve 

v

spacebar

caron  

"

spacebar

double acute 

A

a

A ogonek 

A

u

A breve  

C

'

C acute  

C

v

C caron  

D

v

D caron 

-

D

D stroke 

E

v

E caron 

E

a

E ogonek 

L

'

L acute 

L

-

L stroke 

L

>

L caron 

N

'

N acute 

N

v

N caron 

O

>

O double acute 

S

'

S acute 

S

v

S caron 

S

,

S cedilla 

R

'

R acute 

R

v

R caron 

T

v

T caron 

T

,

T cedilla 

U

*

U ring above 

U

>

U double acute 

Z

'

Z acute 

Z

v

Z caron 

Z

.

Z dot above 

k

k

kra 

A

_

A macron 

E

_

E macron 

E

.

E dot above 

G

,

G cedilla 

I

_

I macron 

I

~

I tilde 

I

a

I ogonek 

K

,

K cedilla 

L

,

L cedilla 

N

,

N cedilla 

O

_

O macron 

R

,

R cedilla 

T

|

T stroke 

U

~

U tilde 

U

a

U ogonek 

U

_

U macron 

N

N

Eng 

a

_

a macron 

e

_

e macron 

e

.

e dot above 

g

,

g cedilla 

i

_

i macron 

i

~

i tilde 

i

a

i ogonek 

k

,

k cedilla 

l

,

l cedilla 

n

,

n cedilla 

o

_

o macron 

r

,

r cedilla 

t

|

t stroke 

u

~

u tilde 

u

a

u ogonek 

u

_

u macron 

n

n

eng

   

The following table lists the common Latin-3 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–4 Common Latin-3 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

C

>

C circumflex 

C

.

C dot above 

G

>

G circumflex 

G

.

G dot above 

H

>

H circumflex 

J

>

j circumflex 

S

>

S circumflex 

U

u

U breve 

c

>

c circumflex 

c

.

c dot above 

g

>

g circumflex 

g

.

g dot above 

h

>

h circumflex 

j

>

j circumflex 

s

>

s circumflex 

u

u

u breve 

The following table lists the common Latin-5 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–5 Common Latin-5 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

G

u

G breve 

I

.

I dot above 

g

u

g breve 

i

.

i dotless

The following table lists the Common Latin-9 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–6 Common Latin-9 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

o

e

Ligature oe 

O

E

Ligature OE 

Y

"

Y diaeresis 

Arabic Input Mode

To switch to Arabic input mode, either type Compose a r, or select Arabic from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

The following figure shows the Arabic keyboard layout.

Figure 5–2 Arabic Keyboard

Graphic

Cyrillic Input Mode

To switch to Cyrillic input mode, either press Compose c c, or select Cyrillic from the Input Mode Selection Window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

The Cyrillic (Russian) keyboard layout appears in the following figure.

Figure 5–3 Cyrillic (Russian) Keyboard

Graphic

After you switch to Cyrillic input mode, you cannot enter English or European text. To switch back to the English/European input mode, type Control and spacebar together, or select English/European input mode from the Input Mode Selection Window by clicking in the status area. See Figure 5–1.

You can also switch into other input modes by typing the corresponding input mode switch key sequence.

Greek Input Mode

To switch to Greek input mode, either press Compose g g, or select Greek, from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

After you switch to Greek input mode, you cannot enter English or European text. To switch back to the English/European input mode, type Control and spacebar together, or select English/European input mode from the Input Mode Selection Window by clicking in the status area. The Greek Euro keyboard layout appears in the following figure.

Figure 5–4 Greek Euro Keyboard

Graphic

The following figure shows the Greek UNIX keyboard.

Figure 5–5 Greek UNIX Keyboard

Graphic

Hebrew Input Mode

To switch into Hebrew input mode, either press Compose h h, or select Hebrew from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

The following figure shows the Hebrew keyboard layout.

Figure 5–6 Hebrew Keyboard

Graphic

Hindi Input Mode

To switch to Hindi input mode, either press Compose h i, or select Hindi from the input mode selection window. For more information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1. To switch back to English/European input mode type Control and spacebar together, or select English/European input mode from the input mode selection window by clicking in the status area.

Figure 5–7 Hindi Keyboard

Graphic

The keyboard for Hindi-Shift is shown in the following figure.

Figure 5–8 Hindi-Shift Keyboard

Graphic

Japanese Input Mode

To switch to Japanese input mode, either press Compose j a, or select Japanese from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To use the native Japanese input system, you need to install one or more of the Japanese locales and reboot the system. After you install the Japanese locale, you can use ATOK12 in all UTF-8 locales. Wnn6 is not available in UTF-8 locales except ja_JP.UTF-8.

Figure 5–9 Japanese Keyboard

Graphic

Korean Input Mode

To switch to Korean input mode, either press Compose k o, or select Korean from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To have the native Korean input system, you need to install one or more Korean locales on your system. Once you install the Korean locale, you can use the native Korean input system. For more details on how to use the Korean Input System, refer to Korean Solaris User's Guide.

Figure 5–10 Korean Keyboard

Graphic

Simplified Chinese Input Mode

To switch to Simplified Chinese input mode, either press Compose s c, or select S-Chinese from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To use the native Simplified Chinese input system, you need to install one or more Simplified Chinese locales on your system. For more details on how to use Simplified Chinese Input System, refer to Simplified Chinese Solaris User's Guide.

Thai Input Mode

To switch to Thai input mode, either press Compose t t, or select Thai, from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To switch back to English/European input mode type Control and spacebar together, or select English/European input mode from the input mode selection window by clicking in the status area.

The Thai keyboard layout is shown in the following figure.

Figure 5–11 Thai Keyboard

Graphic

Traditional Chinese Input Mode

To switch to Traditional Chinese input mode, either press Compose t c, or select T-Chinese from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To have access to the native Traditional Chinese input system, you need to install one or more Traditional Chinese locales at your system. For more details on how to use the Traditional Chinese Input System, refer to Traditional Chinese Solaris User's Guide.

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) Input Mode

To switch to Traditional Chinese input mode, either press Compose h k, or select T-Chinese (Hong Kong) from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To have access to the native Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) input system, you need to install one or more Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) locales on your system.

Unicode Hexadecimal Input Mode

To switch to Unicode hexadecimal code input method input mode, either press Compose u h, or select Unicode Hex from the input mode selection window. To switch to the octal number system, press Compose u o or select Unicode Octal. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

To use these input modes, you need to know either the hexadecimal or the octal code point values of the characters. Refer to The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0 for the mapping between code point values and characters.

If you are in the Unicode hexadecimal code input mode, to input a character you would type four hexadecimal digits. Some sample hexadecimal values are:

You can use both uppercase and lowercase letters of A, B, C, D, E, and, F for hexadecimal digits. If you prefer the octal number system instead of hexadecimal numbers, you can input octal digits, 0 to 7. If you mistype a digit or two, you can delete the digits by using the Delete or Backspace key.

Table Lookup Input Mode

To switch to table lookup input mode, either press Compose l l, or select Lookup from the input mode selection window. For information on accessing the input mode selection window, see Figure 5–1.

The second lookup window shows candidates for the group only display, 80 candidates at a time maximum. Press Control n for the next set of candidates or Control p for previous set of candidates.