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KINPUT2(1) General Commands Manual KINPUT2(1) NAME kinput2 - kanji input server for X11 SYNOPSIS kinput2 [-options...] DESCRIPTION Kinput2 is an X window application to input Japanese text. It acts as a front-end for other applications that want kana-kanji conversion. When invoked, after some initialization (which will take about a few to 30 seconds depending on your machine) kinput2 waits quietly for a Japanese text input request from another client (i.e. no windows appear). When kin- put2 receives a request, it pops up a window and starts conversion process. It sends the converted text back to the client when the text is fixed. Kinput2 has some big improvements over its predecessor, kinput, which was contributed to X11R4. Over-the-spot/On-the-spot Input These features enable conversion process to be done at cursor posi- tion, avoiding unnecessary movement of eyes between cursor position and conversion window. Kinput2 also supports root window style in- put and off-the-spot style input. Multiple Protocol Support Kinput2 supports several conversion protocols between front-end and client. Supported protocols are: kinput protocol kinput2 protocol Matsushita jinput protocol Sony xlc protocol XIMP protocol X Input Method Protocol (X Consortium standard) Multiple Conversion Engine Support Kinput2 can use 4 different conversion engines, Wnn, Canna, Sj3 and Atok. You can choose one at compilation time, or at run time. Kinput Compatibility Kinput2 is fully upward-compatible with kinput, so applications which use kinput as the front-end can also use kinput2. In this case, the applications cannot take advantage of over-the-spot con- version, though. OPTIONS kinput2 accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options. The following options are accepted as well. -wnn This option specifies that Wnn jserver is used as the conversion engine. -jserver This option specifies the hostname of the jserver to be used for conversion. -ccdef This option specifies the input character conversion rule file. -wnnenvrc4 This option specifies the Wnn convertion environment initialization file (wnnenvrc) for Wnn version 4. -wnnenvrc6 This option is similar to -wnenvrc4, but for Wnn version 6. -canna This option specifies that Canna conversion server (irohaserver) is used as the conversion engine. -cannaserver This option specifies the hostname of Canna conversion server. -cannafile This option specifies Canna conversion customization file. -sj3 This option specifies that Sj3 conversion server (sj3serv) is used as the conversion engine. -sj3serv This option specifies the hostname of the primary sj3 conversion server. -sj3serv2 This option specifies the hostname of the secondary sj3 server. The secondary server is used when kinput2 cannot connect to the primary server. -atok This option specifies that Atok server is used as the conversion engine. -atokserver This option specifies the hostname of the atok server to be used for conversion. -font ascii-font This option specifies the default font to be used for displaying ASCII text. -kanjifont kanji-font This option specifies the default font to be used for displaying Kanji text. -kanafont kana-font This option specifies the default font to be used for displaying Kana text. -/+kinput This option enables/disables use of kinput protocol family (i.e. kinput protocol, kinput2 protocol, jinput protocol and xlc proto- col). -/+ximp This option enables/disables use of XIMP protocol. -/+xim This option enables/disables use of X Input Method Protocol. -bc Kinput protocol, which is one of the communication protocols kin- put2 supports, uses X window's selection mechanism to notify other clients of front-end's existence. This option forces kinput2 to use selection ``JAPANESE_CONVERSION'' (which is not a standard se- lection name) as well as ``_JAPANESE_CONVERSION''. This is for backward compatibility, since many of the applications that connect with kinput still use this non-standard selection. -tbheightP title-bar-height This option specifies the height (in pixels) of the titlebar at- tached to popup shells such as candidate selection window. Kinput2 uses this value to compute the correct popup location of these win- dows. WIDGET TREE Below is the widget hierarchy of kinput2. Kinput2 kinput2 ConversionManager convmanager KinputProtocol kinputprotocol XimpProtocol ximpprotocol IMProtocol improtocol SeparateConversion converter CcWnn inputObj Canna inputObj Sj3 inputObj JpWcharDisplay displayObj Form form ICLabel mode JpWcharDisplay display Canvas text TransientShell selectionShell CandidatePanel selection JpWcharDisplay display TransientShell auxShell AuxPanel aux JpWcharDisplay display OffTheSpotConversion converter CcWnn inputObj Canna inputObj Sj3 inputObj JpWcharDisplay displayObj AdoptedShell modeShell ICLabel mode JpWcharDisplay display CanvasShell text TransientShell selectionShell CandidatePanel selection JpWcharDisplay display TransientShell auxShell AuxPanel aux JpWcharDisplay display OverTheSpotConversion converter CcWnn inputObj Canna inputObj Sj3 inputObj JpWcharDisplay displayObj TransientShell selectionShell CandidatePanel selection JpWcharDisplay display TransientShell auxShell AuxPanel aux JpWcharDisplay display AdoptedShell modeShell ICLabel mode JpWcharDisplay display TransientShell modeShell ICLabel mode JpWcharDisplay display CanvasShell text RESOURCES There are too many resources to describe here, but you don't have to know most of them. So here is a brief description of resources which you might want to set. Kinput2 application resource: conversionEngine This resource specifies which conversion engine to use. You can specify one of ``wnn'', ``canna'', ``sj3'' or ``atok''. ConversionControl widget (which is a superclass of SeparateConversion, OffTheSpotConversion and OverTheSpotConversion) resource: sendbackKeyPress If this resource is ``true'', the KeyPress events intercepted but unused by kinput2 are sent back to the client when there is no con- version text. Although this feature is convenient, it might con- fuse some clients since none of corresponding KeyRelease events are sent. Also, since the ``send_event'' flag of those events are true, some clients do not accept events sent back by kinput2. For example, kterm doesn't accept those events without specifying KTerm*allowSendEvents: true in a resource file. The default of sendbackKeyPress resource is true. titlebarHeight This resource specifies the height of a title bar which is attached to various popup shell windows, such as candicate selection. When computing the location of these windows, kinput2 uses this value to pop up them at correct position. The default is 0P. OverTheSpotConversion widget resources: shrinkWindow If this resource is ``true'', the width of on-the-spot conversion window shrinks according to the length of the text on it. Other- wise, the window never shrinks. If the performance of Xserver on window resizing is poor, you may consider setting this resources to false. The default is true. modeLocation This resource specifies the location of status widget in case of over-the-spot type conversion. Unless client specifies the loca- tion explicitly, the location of the status widget is determined by this resource. If the value of this resource is ``topleft'', the widget is placed at the top left of the client window. You can also specify ``topright'', ``bottomleft'' and ``bottomright''. If the value is ``tracktext'', the widget is placed just under the cursor position, and moves according to the cursor. However, if the region available for conversion is too small, status is placed at the bot- tom left of the client area. If the value is ``none'', the status widget will never appear. The default is ``tracktext''. modeBorderForeground If this resource is ``true'', the color of status widget is forced to be same as the foreground color of the widget. The default is false. useOverrideShellForMode If this resource is ``true'', the status widget becomes an instance of OverriddeShell, instead of the default TransientShell. Turn this resource on if you encounter a strange phenomenon that the status widget keeps flickering and you cannnot enter any text. This is caused by (incorrect) focus management of your window man- ager, and setting this resource will stop any window management for the widget. The result is that the widget will be totally ignored by the window manager, meaning you cannot move, resize, raise nor lower the widget. The default is false. OnTheSpotConversion widget resources: feedbackAttributes This resource specifies the display attributes of preedit string when on-the-spot input style is used. In on-the-spot style, it is a client's responsibility to draw preedit string, and kinput2 sends some hints on how it should be drawn, which is controled by this resource. The value of this resource should be a comma-separated list of 4 elements, and each element represents the drawing hint of specific type of string. They represent the hints for not-yet-con- verted string, for converted string, for converted string which be- longs to the current clause, for converted string belonging to the current sub-clause, in that order. Each element consists of zero or more drawing attributes, which are `R' (reverse), `U' (under- line), `H' (highlight), `P' (primary), `S' (secondary) or `T' (ter- tiary). You should consult the Xlib document for the meaning of these attributes (see the section about preedit draw callback). The default is ``U,,R,H'', which is close to the drawing attributes used by other input styles. CcWnn (conversion widget using Wnn) resources: jserver This resource specifies the hostname of the (primary) jserver to be used for conversion. If not specified, value of environment vari- able ``JSERVER'' is used. jserver2nd This resource specifies the hostname of the secondary jserver, which is used if the primary server is down. If not specified, kin- put2 doesn't use secondary server. wnnEnvrc4 This resource specifies the filename of the Wnn conversion environ- ment initialization file. This file is used when the Wnn server (jserver) is version 4. See documents of Wnn for the format of the file. The default is /usr/local/lib/wnn/wnnenvrc. wnnEnvrc6 This resource also specifies the filename of the Wnn conversion en- vironment initialization file. This file is used when the Wnn server (jserver) is version 6. See documents of Wnn for the format of the file. wnnEnvrc This resource is provided for backward compatibility. Use wnnEn- vrc4 or wnnEnvrc6 instead. ccdef This resource specifies the input character conversion rule file. The default is /usr/lib/X11/ccdef/ccdef.kinput2. Canna (conversion widget using Canna) resources: cannahost This resource specifies the hostname of the canna server to be used. cannafile This resource specifies Canna conversion customization file. Sj3 (conversion widget using SJ3) resources: sj3serv This resource specifies the hostname of the (primary) sj3serv to be used for conversion. If not specified, value of environment vari- able ``SJ3SERV'' is used. sj3serv2 This resource specifies the hostname of the secondary sj3serv, which is used if the primary server is down. rcfile This resource specifies the filename of the Sj3 conversion cus- tomization file. The default is /usr/lib/X11/sj3def/sjrc. rkfile This resource specifies the Romaji-Kana conversion rule file. The default is /usr/lib/X11/sj3def/sjrk. Atok (conversion widget using Atok) resources: server This resource specifies the hostname of the atok server to be used for conversion. port This resource specifies the port number of the atok server. conf This resource specifies the name of atok configuration file. style This resource specifies the name of atok style file. JpWcharDisplay (widget for drawing Japanese text) resources: font, kanjiFont, kanaFont These resource specifies the font to be used for displaying ASCII, Kanji and Kana text, respectively. Since kinput2 changes fonts dy- namically by client requests, the fonts specified by these re- sources might not be used. If not specified, the following fonts are used. -*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 -*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-c-*-jisx0208.1983-0 -*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-c-*-jisx0201.1976-0 KinputProtocol (widget for handling kinput protocol family - kinput, kin- put2, jinput and xlc protocol) resources: backwardCompatible All of the protocols in kinput protocol family use X window's se- lection mechanism to notify other clients of front-end's existence. If this resource is ``true'', kinput2 uses selection ``JAPAN- ESE_CONVERSION'' (which is not a standard selection name) as well as ``_JAPANESE_CONVERSION''. This is for backward compatibility, since many of the applications using these protocols still use this non-standard selection. The default is true. xlcConversionStartKey This resource specifies the key that starts the conversion. The key is a hint for the clients using xlc protocol to determine when they should request conversion to kinput2. The syntax of the spec- ification is a subset of the translation table syntax: modifier-names<Key>keysym-name where modifier-names is a combination of Shift, Lock, Meta, Alt and Mod[1-5]. The default is Shift<Key>space. XimpProtocol and IMProtocol (which handle XIMP protocol and X Input Method Protocol) resources: conversionStartKeys This resource specifies the keys that start the conversion. The syntax of the specification is a subset of the translation table syntax: modifier-names<Key>keysym-name where modifier-names is a combination of Ctrl, Shift, Lock, Meta, Alt and Mod[1-5]. A '~' can precede each modifier name, meaning the modifier must not be asserted. For example, if the conversion start key is ``Kanji'' key with shift key pressed and control key not pressed (other modifier keys may be pressed or not), the speci- fication is: Shift ~Ctrl<Key>Kanji Multiple keys can be specified by separating them with newlines. The default is as follows: Shift<Key>space \n\ Ctrl<Key>Kanji defaultFontList This resource specifies the default fonts to be used if the client does not specify fonts to be used. The default is -*-fixed-medium- r-normal--14-*-*-*-c-*. CLIENT SETUP When using X Input Method Protocol, you have to specify the name of the in- put server you want to use. This can be done by setting ``inputMethod'' resource or setting XMODIFIERS environment variable. Since some clients don't regard inputMethod resource while other clients ignore XMODIFIERS variable, so it is a good idea to set both of them. To use kinput2, you should add the following line to your resource file (such as .Xresources or .Xdefaults): *inputMethod: kinput2 and, set XMODIFIERS to ``@im=kinput2''. setenv XMODIFIERS "@im=kinput2" (for csh) XMODIFIERS="@im=kinput2"; export XMODIFIERS (for sh) SEE ALSO Wnn documents, Canna documents, Sj3 documents, XIMP protocol specification, The Input Method Protocol COPYRIGHT Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Software Research Associates, Inc. Copyright 1991 NEC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Copyright 1991 Sony Corporation Copyright 1998 MORIBE, Hideyuki Copyright 1999 Kazuki YASUMATSU Copyright 1999 Justsystem Corporation, Japan. AUTHORS Makoto Ishisone, Software Research Associates, Inc. Akira Kon, NEC Corporation Naoshi Suzuki, Sony Corporation MORIBE, Hideyuki Kazuki YASUMATSU Atsushi Irisawa X Version 11 24 March 1999 KINPUT2(1)
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