About This Chapter

This chapter describes the Simplified Chinese Solaris input modes for typing Simplified Chinese characters with Simplified Chinese Solaris software. You can type any of the following kinds of characters:

• ASCII/English characters

• Simplified Chinese ideograms (characters or symbols representing ideas/actions/things)

• Special symbol characters

You can type all of these characters in the input areas of the following application windows:

• In terminal emulation (TTY) windows such as Terminal

• In text entry subwindows such as used by Text Editor or Mailer

• In control panel subwindows such as used by File Manager for typing a file name

• In other special use (sometimes pop-up) subwindows

For information about creating your own input method, see Chapter 5, Code Table Input Method Interface.