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Re: how input method editors work
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Re: how input method editors work


  • Subject: Re: how input method editors work
  • From: Satoshi Matsumoto <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 10:31:30 +0900

Hi Daniel,

on 05.4.5 10:01 AM, Daniel Child at email@hidden wrote:
> I have been trying to understand how input method editors work in
> Cocoa. If you type Japanese, a long bar comes out, but the type of
> ?view? ?window? seems unlike those provided in Interface Builder. A
> line of characters are typed out, or listed in a box.
>
> Also, I am wondering what kind of keyboard interception is taking place
> so that when you type roman letters it gets converted into other things
> like kana and kanji.
>
> If anyone could point to relevant documentation or on the most
> important classes to understand, please let me know. I've looked around
> but haven't come up with much.

Basically, NSTextView do everything about Japanese text input for you.
You don't need to write any code and also cannot write any code for the
input method in Cocoa.

But If you wish to know about the text input method, following Carbon
document may be useful.

ADC Home > Reference Library > Documentation > Carbon > Text & Fonts >
Understanding Text Input and the Text Services Manager in Carbon >

Satoshi
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816-5 Odake, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan 256-0802


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