[texhax] Chinese text

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2 August 2010 bill lam wrote:

 > Пнд, 02 Авг 2010, mahi писал(а):
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > How do i enter the chinese text in latex file. (.tex file)? Is
 > > there any editor for this?
 > > 
 > > Thanks in Advance,
 > 
 > I think any text editor (except probably notepad) will be ok.  I
 > use vim, ymmv.

I suppose that the question is how to enter Chinese characters on a
keyboard which only supports ASCII.  

Mahi,
you need at least a program which maps multiple keystrokes on an ASCII
keyboard to Chinese characters.  There are different programs
available for different operating systems but I never used one of them
and thus can't advertise a particular program.

A cross-platform approach is to use Emacs.  Emacs handles such things
internally.  You have to select an appropriate "input method" for
Chinese.  In the menu bar, select:

  Options => Mule (Multilingual Environment) => Select Input Method

Then type the word "chinese" (without the quotes) and press the <TAB>
key.  Emacs displays a list of known input methods for Chinese then.

I don't understand Chinese, so you have to find out yourself which
input method is appropriate for you.  And as Bill already said, you
have to be familiar with at least one Chinese input method.

Another advantage of Emacs is that a single keystroke is sufficient in
order to toggle input methods.  Quite convenient if you have Chinese
and Cyrillc in the same file.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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