Switching Between Chinese Punctuation Mode and English Punctuation Mode:

This method is entered in the Chinese status window.

• Type "CTRL+." to switch between Chinese Punctuation Mode and English Punctuation Mode. Or click the Chinese/English Punctuation Button on the auxiliary window to toggle between modes.

The icon indicates the input method system is in Chinese Punctuation Mode.

The icon indicates the input method system is in English Punctuation Mode.

When the punctuation key is selected in Chinese Punctuation mode, the corresponding Chinese punctuation character is commited to the application. For example: when in Chinese Punctuation mode and the "$" symbol is selected, the Chinese currency symbol character is commited to the application as in the figure below:

The punctuation keys include the following: , . / <> :;'"\$!^&_-

The correspondence between English and Chinese punctuation is mapped below:

Language Input Methods

Solaris 9 supports the following input methods for the Simplified Chinese environment:

1. NewQuanPin and NewShuangPin Input Method

2. GB2312 Code

3. GBK Code

4. GB18030 Code

5. ShuangPin

6. QuanPin

7. English_Chinese

New QuanPin and New ShuangPin Input Methods

This section describes the features in the New QuanPin and New ShuangPin input methods, and how to use some of the features in the zh_CN.EUC and zh_CN.GBK locales.

PinYin is a popular input method in PRC, and there are various PinYin-based input methods. Two of them, New QuanPin and New ShuangPin, contain the following features:

• Supports user-defined phrases for later use.

• Dynamically adjusts the frequency of candidates.

• Accepts PinYin strings up to 222 characters long.

• Supports input by ShengMu.

• Supports GBK Chinese.

These features are described in detail in the following sections.

Defining Phrases for Later Use

The following example shows how to define the phrase "ke lin dun" and store it for later use.

1. Type the phrase kelindun without spaces.

   The New QuanPin and New ShuangPin input methods will insert spaces for you automatically.

   

2. Type the number representing the first character you want to select.

   The following example shows the second character selected.

   

3. Select Chinese for the second and third parts of the phrase.

   

   The new phrase is defined and added to the user dictionary file. The next time you type ke lin dun, you will see the phrase you defined in the candidate area.

   

Selecting Frequently-Used Candidates

In these input methods, candidates that have been selected are moved to the start of the list to facilitate repeated use.

1. Type sh yi.

   Notice the order of the five available candidates.

2. Select the fifth candidate.

   

3. Type sh yi again.

   

   Notice that the fifth candidate has moved to the first position because you previously selected it. Frequently-used candidates are promoted for faster selection.

Other Features

Typing Long PinYin Strings

The New QuanPin input methods accepts PinYin strings up to 222 characters long. The following illustrations use the string below:

>>meiguozhongtongkelindunzhengzaitaolunhaiwanjushiwenti<<

The result is the following Chinese string:

Note - The New ShuangPin input method supports up to 30-character strings.