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CX11: A Chinese language supporting interface for X window environment

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Chinese language deals with ideographic character input and output. The X Window System (X11R5 or earlier versions) has the mechanism to output Hanzi (Chinese ideograph) through 2-byte encoding when the corresponding fonts are included, but it has no corresponding input feature. Because there are as many as 16000 most in use Hanzis, more than one keystroke is needed to input a single Hanzi by the traditional English keyboard. This paper proposes a Hanzi input architecture on the X Window System and a Chinese language mechanism that can upgrade English-based commercial X products or supply an application (X clients) programming interface for inputting Hanzi. CX11, our first implementation, is running on SCO OD’T. Its design principle and implementation should be a model and can be applied as one of the general approaches to internationalize and localize the X Window System.

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  1. Zhiguo Xiong

    Present address: Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, 32816-2362, Orlando, FL, USA

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  1. Graphics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Peking University, 100871, Beijing

    Zhiguo Xiong, Xi Xu & Shihai Dong

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Xiong Zhiguo is a staff member in Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University. His current research interests include computer graphics, operating system, user interface and computer vision.

Xu Xi is a graduate student of Computer Science and Technology Department of Peking University. His research interests include computer graphics, user interface and image processing.

Dong Shihai is a professor of Computer Science and Technology Department, The Director of Graphics Laboratory at Peking University. His current research interests include computer graphics, user interface and multimedia.

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Xiong, Z., Xu, X. & Dong, S. CX11: A Chinese language supporting interface for X window environment. J. of Comput. Sci. & Technol. 10, 15–22 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939518

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