Traditional Chinese Solaris User's Guide

Telecode Input Mode

Telecode conversion uses the old four-digit codes used by the Taiwan Telephone & Telegraph Bureau, these codes uniquely identify 16356 Chinese characters, they are organized into two planes: plane 1 numbered from 0000 to 8045, and plane 2 numbered from .0000 to .8489.

Typing Telecode Input

This section contains instructions on how to use the I-Tien input mode to input Chinese characters

  1. Open a new Terminal turn on Chinese-input conversion on by pressing Control-spacebar.

  2. Press the F12 key to turn on Telecode mode.Graphic

    The mode appears in the status area.

  3. Type the first three digits of code 3456, as below.Graphic

  4. Press the spacebar and the Telecode input converter finds only one matching character and displays it as below:

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