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岱 1.1  OVERVIEW  岱
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	This  manual introduces  the  Chinese Input  System, cWnn,  which  runs on Unix
workstations.  cWnn provides a  wide range of  input methods,  satisfying  the needs of
Chinese users all over the world, including P.R.China  and Taiwan.  Besides that, it is
capable of converting an arbitrary sequence of Pinyin/Zhuyin into the expected Hanzi.

	Currently, most of the Chinese input systems are developed on personal computers.
In  terms  of all aspects,  personal computers  are  not  as  powerful as  workstations,
especially in the network capabilities.  With the advance in technology, Unix has begun
to popularize as it supports  multi-windows, multi-users as well as  multi-environments.
Based on these features, cWnn is developed  to cater for various input methods and other
useful facilities.

The input methods in cWnn are divided into two categories:

1. Phonetic
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This is  a method of inputing Chinese characters using their pronunciations.  The common
phonetic symbols for Chinese are  Pinyin and Zhuyin,  with Pinyin being used commonly in
P.R China  and  Singapore.  The  Zhuyin  phonetic  symbols  were used  before Pinyin was
introduced.  It is now currently used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Currently,  some of the  Chinese input systems  are based on monosyllabic word, that is,
only a  single Chinese character is input at a time.  There are  also some systems using
Chinese word input.  cWnn, being  different, is able to convert  any arbitrary length of
Pinyin/Zhuyin  sequence to Chinese  characters at one time.  The  system provides a good
environment for user input.  It performs an automatic check on  all inputs, making  sure
that they are legal.  Besides,  cWnn caters for  error tolerance in the  four tones, and
has  standardized  Pinyin  and  Zhuyin,  together  with  the  four tones.  As such, cWnn
provides an ideal phonetic input environment for the users.


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2. Radical
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There are several radical methods for  Chinese input, such as Wubi and Cangjie etc.  In
these  methods, a  Chinese  character is  input by  breaking up  the character into its
components, which are subsequently entered one by one.

Currently, a few hundred of such input methods have been developed.  The default radical
input methods in cWnn are Wubi, Cangjie and Qianma.  However, the system is designed to
allow any radical input method to be setup easily.


	With  the strong  network capabilities of Unix, together with the multi-user and
multi-window features, cWnn is able to achieve sharing of resources and at the same time,
supports multi-environments.


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岱 1.2  NOTATIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL 岱
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	Please  take note that  in this manual,  some  notations are being  used. Their
respective meanings are as follows:

	*  <CR>	岸  This means press the return key once
	*  \	岸  This refers to the backslash in ASCII
	*  ^	岸  This refers to the control key.  For example, ^F means holding down
		    the F key together with the control key, and ^\  means holding down
		    the control key together with the backslash key
	*  %	岸  Prompt for C Shell
	*  #	岸  Prompt for Bourne Shell


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岱 1.3  CWNN SYSTEM STRUCTURE 岱
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	cWnn  adopts the  Client-Server Model of  Unix operating  system.  The model is
made up of a  server and several clients.  One  server can  serve many  clients  at one
time.  The clients and server processes communicate through a well-defined protocol, but
are  completely independent.  As  a result, the clients  and server can be on different
machines communicating across the network, or on the same machine.
	The clients  are the front-end processors  of the system and they interact with
the users.  The clients execute  on the  Unix shell and  request for services from  the
server via the socket.
	On the other hand, the  server will  run as a  background process.  It receives
service requests from the clients, performs the request, and passes the results back to
the clients via the socket.

	The server manages all the resources, such as  dictionaries and usage frequency
files, and  maintains  different input environments for each of its clients.  The input
environment is  activated by executing the client "cuum".  To the user, each client has
a different  service environment  which  supports  different input  methods.  Note that
there  may be more than  one server in the network, and each client may in turn obtains
services from different servers.
	Hence, cWnn is a  multi-environment  system.  The structure of cWnn is shown in
the following diagram.

	  client				   server
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	岫 cuum  	      岫  岫		岫 System Resources : Dictionaries,   岫
	岫 front-end processor念岸怕		岫		      Frequency files 岫
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	  client   :		  岫		岫 Environment Resources : A env,     岫
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			  Figure 1.1 : cWnn System Structure
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岱 1.4  FEATURES ON THE SYSTEM STRUCTURE  岱
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	One  main feature of  cWnn is its  system independency.  Every  environment will
have  individual environment files  according to the needs of the users.  Each  user may
specify  his own  environment  setup either  during or  after  system installation.  The
flexible environment setup includes the following:

1. Input Automaton Setup
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Input automaton is the  front-end  processor.  It allows  user to specify  his own input
environment according to his needs.  Through this  setup, Pinyin  input environment  and
Zhuyin input  environment  may be  specified.  Moreover, interfaces  like  the  keyboard
setup and function keys can be set.  For more details, refer to Chapter 7.

2. Environment Setup
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The service  environment of the user is  provided by the server.  It includes the setup
of conversion  methods,  grammer attributes  and  dictionaries, as well as the setup of
conversion parameters etc.  These can  be specified before the startup of the front-end
processor.  Refer to Chapter 5 for detailed descriptions.  Once the front-end is started
up, the  environment may also be set dynamically via keyboard.  Refer to  Chapter 5 for
detailed descriptions.

3. Creation of Dictionaries and Grammer Files
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Dictionaries and grammar files may be created using the utilities provided in the system.
Users are able to  create their own  dictionaries to  suit their needs.  For example, a
computer professional  may have  his own dictionary  which consists of all the computer
terms needed.  This dictionary may be added into the system, hence enriching the system
resources.

4. Encoded Input Method Setup
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Besides phonetic input  methods, cWnn supports several encoded input methods.  In cWnn,
the default encoded input methods are Wubi, Qianma and Cangjie.  The system is designed
to allow any encoded input method to be installed.

5. Keyboard Setup
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All the operations in  cWnn's input environment can be carried out by commands.  These
commands may be set via the keyboard.  Different users have different needs for keyboard
function.  Hence, by having  different keyboard setup, users are able to have different
user interfaces.  For details, refer to Chapter 5.


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NOTE:  Please take note that the  keys used in this manual (eg. PF1, PF2, ^\, ^F ..etc)
       are only the keyboard setup in  cWnn system.  They  may be changed according to
       the user.  Hence, all occurrence of these notations are merely the default setup
       in cWnn system.


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岱 1.5  HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS  岱
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	cWnn is capable of displaying  Chinese characters based on  GB-2312  and CNS
internal codes.  It is developed on the Omron LUNA Unix Workstation, and is portable
to other Unix platforms.

		          Current Machines/OS that Support cWnn
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	岫    LUNA (Omron)    岫    UniOS-U, UniOS-B    岫        X, GMW	岫
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	岫   LUNA II (Omron)  岫     UniOS-U, Mach      岫        X, GMW     	岫
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	岫  LUNA 88K (Omron)  岫 	Mach		岫	    X	  	岫
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	岫  	  Sun-3	      岫      SunOS 4.1		岫      SunView, X 	岫
	岫    		      岫			岫                	岫
	岫  	  Sun-4	      岫      SunOS 4.1		岫      SunView, X 	岫
	岫    		      岫			岫                	岫
	岫    SPARCstation    岫      SunOS 4.1		岫      SunView, X   	岫
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author	Yoshiki Yazawa <yaz@cc.rim.or.jp>
date	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:01:14 +0900
parents	bbc77ca4def5
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