[SCIM] Inputting tone-correct Pinyin (not characters) with SCIM

[David]

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Yes, it is possible.

For example I used SCIM table to define a table-based input of all 
extended latin characters. It is not finished yet and I am not working 
on it at the moment, because what I have right now is working for my 
limited needs. But the idea is to have one IM for all latin extended 
characters and another for IPA.

I use the same IM to input French (it is more convenient than to learn 
new keyboard layout), Chinese pinyin and transcribe Arabic. (Here is the 
sample to show how it looks like: Marra qāl il-malik la-Ǧuḥa: btiqdar 
bilēlet kawānīn tuqʽud lēle biz-zalṭ min ġēr nār? Qāl: baqdar. Fa-rāḥ 
u-qaʽad ṭūl el-lēl bala badle ʽa rās ǧabal, ḥatta inno māt min eṣ-ṣaqʽa. 
Fa-iǧa tāni yōm lal-malik u-qallo: yā malik ez-zamān, qaḍḍēt lēle mitl 
mā qultilli min ġēr awāʽi u-min ġēr nār fil-barrīye. Qallo: abadan mā 
šuftiš nār? Qāl: šuft baṣbūṣ nār min ebʽīd. Qallo: dfit. Qāl: ẖalaṣ? 
dfīt? Qallo: naʽam. Qāl biʽaqlo: badabbirak - u-naṭar la-tnāset eš-šaġle 
uftakar in yaʽmal ʽazīme lal-malik barra fil-barr.)

It is very easy to input any latin (and not only latin) text on Linux. 
You just need a couple of minutes to _CREATE_ an IM suited to your 
personal taste :-) It takes more time to define what you want than to 
make it happen :-). This is what I like so much about SCIM and m17n-lib. 
I think these are perfect tools for people like you: teachers, scholars, 
students...

Best regards,
David


Rachel Kronick wrote:

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> Is it possible to input correct Hanyu Pinyin romanization with SCIM? I 
> *don't* mean inputting Chinese characters via Pinyin romanization; I 
> know how to do that. I mean something more like the correct HYPY for 
> ni3 hao3 ma, or lu:4se4. I'm teaching Mandarin and would like to be 
> able to use SCIM to create Hanyu Pinyin exercises in OO.o, without 
> having to copy-and-paste or use "insert special character" every time.
>
> I tried searching for this on the web but was lost among all the HYPY 
> character input threads.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Rachel Kronick
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