Keyboard Definitions

This section describes the keyboard definitions that are used for the New QuanPin and New ShuangPin input methods.

Edit Keys

The following table shows the definitions of the edit keys.

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Note –

The preedit line is a normal X text field.

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Table 4–1 Edit Key Definitions

Key	Definition
[a-z]	PinYin character.
Home	Moves to the start of the preedit line.
End	Moves to the end of the preedit line.
Left	Moves the caret in the preedit line to the left. If the left character is Hanzi, the original PinYin is displayed.
Right	Moves the caret in the preedit line to the right.
Delete	Deletes the PinYin character following the caret on the preedit line.
Backspace	Deletes the PinYin character preceding the caret on the preedit line.

Page Scroll Keys

The candidates of a PinYin string belong to the following groups:

• G1 – Highest frequency Hanzi + Long (3 or more) Cizu + Double Chinese Cizu

• G2 – GB Single Hanzi

• G3 – GBK Single Hanzi (in the zh_CN.GBK locale)

Some PinYin strings might have more candidates than can be displayed in the same window. In that case, use the keys described in the following table to scroll through the available candidates.

Table 4–2 Page Scroll Key Definitions

Key	Definition
- =	Scrolls to previous/next candidate
[ ]	Scrolls to previous/next candidate
, .	Scrolls to previous/next candidate
Return	Quickly scrolls through all candidates

Select Keys

New QuanPin and New ShuangPin use the numeric selection keys.

Separator Characters

In accordance with the national PinYin standard, the separator (') is supported to avoid ambiguous interpretations of PinYin strings. For example, the PinYin string [jiang] can be interpreted as [jiang] or [ji][ang]. Both spellings are valid. In New QuanPin, however, [jiang] is interpreted only as [jiang]. You must use the separator and enter [ji'ang] for the string to be interpreted as [ji] and [ang]. New ShuangPin does not require the use of separators.