Technical data

Phrase Utility

When entering Chinese or Korean text, you have the option of entering

individual characters and words or a string that identifies a phrase. The

operating system supports phrase input in the following ways:

• The

dxim Input Server is a multilingual input server with a menu

interface that allows users to activate and use simplified Chinese,

traditional Chinese, Korean, and Phrase input methods. The Phrase

Input Server provided by dxim is different from the operating system

Phrase Utility described in this appendix. The dxim Phrase Input Server

uses a different database and a different user interface. See dxim

(5)

and the dxim Input Server online help for a description of the dxim

Phrase Input Server.

• The dxhanyuim, dxhanziim, and dxhangulim Input Servers

(traditional and simplified Chinese and Korean, respectively) each

provide a Phrase Input Method that uses the database created by the

operating system Phrase Utility. See dxhanziim

(5), dxhanyuim(5),

dxhangulim

(5), the

Technical Reference for Using Chinese Features and

the Technical Reference for Using Korean Features for information on

these input servers and their use of the Phrase Utility.

This appendix describes the operating system Phrase Utility used by

dxhanyuim, dxhanziim, and dxhangulim and includes information on

creating and using a phrase database. See the dxim Input Server online

help for information on creating and using a phrase database with the dxim

Phrase Input Method.

The Chinese and Korean Input Servers support phrase input by means of a

phrase database and one of the following:

• The Software Phrase Input Method (SIM) service

The SIM service, which is enabled through the -adec option of the stty

command, extends support of phrase input to traditional and simplified

Chinese terminals. The SIM service loads phrases dynamically to the

terminal; therefore, the size of the phrase database is not limited by

the memory restrictions of terminal hardware. When using a terminal

supported by the SIM service, you press a user-defined key sequence to

toggle in and out of phrase input mode. Entering phrase input mode

shifts the site of user input to the 26th line of the terminal screen, where

you are prompted to enter phrase codes.

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