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Thai Input Method Auxiliary Window

A Thai input method auxiliary window supports the following new functions and utilities:

  • Switching between the three input levels (passthrough/basic/strict)

  • Thai virtual keyboard

Click the input level button on the auxiliary bar to select a specific Thai input level and input check level. Click the keyboard button to display the Thai virtual keyboard. Use the Thai virtual keyboard to input Thai characters.

Simplified Chinese Localization

Simplified Chinese in the Solaris 9 environment provides four locales: zh, zh.GBK, zh_CN.GB18030, and zh.UTF-8. In the zh locale, the EUC scheme is used to encode GB2312-80. The zh.GBK locale supports the GBK codeset, which is a superset of GB2312-80.

The new GB18030-2000 codeset is now supported in the zh_CN.GB18030 locale.

Simplified Chinese is used mostly in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and in Singapore.

The following input methods are supported for the zh locale:

  • New QuanPin

  • New ShuangPin

  • QuanPin

  • ShuangPin

  • GB2312 NeiMa

  • English-Chinese

  • Optional codetable input methods

  • Input method auxiliary window support for Simplified Chinese

The following input methods are supported for the zh_CN.GB18030 locale:

  • New QuanPin

  • New ShuangPin

  • QuanPin

  • ShuangPin

  • GB18030-2000 NeiMa

  • English-Chinese

  • Optional codetable input methods

  • Input method auxiliary window support for Simplified Chinese

The following input methods are supported for both the zh.GBK and the zh.UTF-8 locales:

  • New QuanPin

  • New ShuangPin

  • QuanPin

  • ShuangPin

  • GBK NeiMa

  • English-Chinese

  • Optional codetable input methods

  • Input method auxiliary window support for Simplified Chinese

The auxiliary window for Chinese input methods provides a friendly and extensible input method user interface for all Chinese locales. See "Input Method Auxiliary Window Support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese".

For more detailed information about auxiliary windows for Chinese input methods, please see Simplified Chinese User's Guide and Traditional Chinese User's Guide.

The following table shows the TrueType fonts for the zh locale.

Table 4-2 TrueType Fonts for the zh_CN.EUC Locale

Full Family Name

Subfamily

Format

Vendor

Encoding

Fangsong TrueType Hanyi GB2312.1980 
Hei TrueType Monotype GB2312.1980 
Kai TrueType Monotype GB2312.1980 
Song TrueType Monotype GB2312.1980 

The following table shows the bitmap fonts for the zh locale.

Table 4-3 Bitmap Fonts for the zh_CN.EUC Locale

Full Family Name

Subfamily

Format

Encoding

Song PCF (14,16) GB2312.1980 
Song PCF (12,14,16,20,24) GB2312.1980 
 
 
 
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