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UCIMF(1) | General Commands Manual | UCIMF(1) |
NAME¶
ucimf - unicode console input method frameworkDESCRIPTION¶
ucimf is an input method framework designed for Linux unicode console.FEATURE¶
• Support UTF-8
• Support OpenVanilla Modules
• Support PCF, TrueType Font
• Provide OverSpot style compose window
• Provide C/C++ API
BOOT PARAMETERS¶
Framebuffer mode is needed. You can add "vga=XXX" to LILO, GRUB, or other bootloaders to let the kernel start with proper framebuffer mode automatically.USAGE¶
ucimf needs to run under an UTF-8 consle environment, please use locale -a to see the UTF-8 locales that your system is supported and use command like export LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8 to set up the locale. To start ucimf with FbTerm, prefer to install fbterm-ucimf package and run fbterm -i fbterm_ucimf, or see ucimf_start(1) as an not-recommended alternate. When the user is running an FbTerm, key combination Ctrl+Space is the switch of enable/disable the input method, Ctrl+ShiftLeft to switch to next input method, and Ctrl+ShiftRight to switch to next input method framework.TABLE MANAGEMENT¶
ucimf use standard *.cin files directly to manage its input method tables, per-user input method tables is put inSHELL ENVIRONMENT¶
LC_CTYPE - use UTF-8 as to recogize characters. For example:SEE ALSO¶
ucimf_start(1), ucimf_keyboard(1), ucimf.conf(5).AUTHOR¶
libucimf was written by Chun-Yu Lee (Mat) <MatLinuxer2@gmail.com> and Jim Huang <jserv.tw@gmail.com>. This manual page was written by Aron Xu <happyaron.xu@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).January 29, 2010 |