[Uim] uim-prime vs. anthy (also, possible help for uim-py)

[TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki]

Hi,

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 03:59:55 -0500
Duncan Mak <duncan at ximian.com> wrote:

> I'm a native Chinese speaker from Hong Kong and I speak both Mandarin
> fluently. I can read traditional characters comfortably, though I'm
> not as good with simplified characters. While I'm no pro when it comes
> to typing Chinese, if any of you have questions regarding Chinese,
> send it to the list, and I'll try my best to reply.

Thanks! We've waited for someone like you.


> I saw the exchange earlier about expanding uim-py. I think the most
> useful will be the addition of compound words to the dictionary
> (similar to what Yukido-san said about 今天, 明天, etc)

I think there is a problem. The problem is that, is there a dictionary
which we can use? We can use only the dictionaries which can be
compliant with BSD license, because license of uim is BSD license.


> Also, is there a plan for adding Big5 support to UIM? Being from Hong
> Kong, I'd rather write traditonal characters than simplified ;-)

No, there is no plan. But if you help us, we'll be able to add Big5
support. Of course adding by you is also OK ;-)

And I have a question. I learned from some web pages that popular way to
input traditional Han characters is ZhuYin, PinYin is not major way to
input traditional Han characters. Is this true? Should we implement
ZhuYin to support Big5?

-- 
TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki
http://kodou.net/