The status area shows what the current input conversion mode is and what is the active keyboard layout is. Several modes are available, as discussed in following sections.
The lookup choice area is a popup that displays multiple Hanja or special character choices available for conversion of character(s) in the preedit area.
The Auxiliary Window Area is a windows that helps input Korean characters in a way a user want.
3.1.1. ASCII/English Input
Mode
The initial default setting is basic ASCII/English mode.
Typing on the keyboard simply enters ASCII characters.
The status region in the lower left corner shows ASCII/English input mode:
3.1.2 Switching to
Hangul Input Mode
The first step in entering any Korean character(s) is to
turn on Hangul input conversion.
Type Control-Space (The key toggle on/off Hangul input conversion.)
The status region then shows that the current input status is for Hangul input and auxiliary window show up.
Type Control-Space (The key toggle on/off Hangul input conversion.)
The status region then shows that the current input status is for Hangul input and auxiliary window show up.
3.1.3 Entering Hangul Characters
With Hangul input conversion on, typing appropriate sequences of keys composes
Hangul characters in the preedit area on the screen.
3.1.4 backspacing Characters
Backspace keys delete characters. But using one in the preedit area deletes only the last character (JaMo) in the current syllable. This and following examples demonstrate Backspace operation.
- Let's suppose there's this text being composed, which is typo.
- Enter one backspace. The input appears like this:
- Type another backspace. The input appears like this:
- Type another backspace. The input appears like this:
- Type two backspaces.
3.1.5 Committing Hangul Input
The folowing preedit region contains five Hangul syllables that have not yet been committed.
That is, they have not yet been added to the text block
being assembled for the application.
A printable character (like a question
mark) is committed in the input along with the Hangul syllables, for
example:
3.1.6 Returning to ASCII/English Input Mode
Pressing control+space changes the input mode
to ASCII/English Input mode, finishing Hangul Input mode.
3.2.1 Switching to different the Keyboard layout
Currently following 3 most commonly used keyboard layout
is supported.
- 2 beol sik
- 3 beol sik 390
- 3 beol sik final
Entering Hanja can be done in several ways.
One of the most common way is to convert Hangul input to Hanja, on a character by character basis or word by word basis.
There are 2 major ways to convert the Hangul in preedit
area to Hanja
- By selecting one of the candidate(s) from the lookup choice window
- By switching the Hanja candidate through all the available list one by one.
The following examples shows how to convert a Hangul character to a Hanja character. Same method is used to convert Hangul characters(word) to Hanja characters(word).
3.3.1 Hanja Lookup Mode
- With Hangul input conversion on, type an appropriate sequence of
keys(pronunciation
of the Hanja that you want to input) to compose a Hangul character in
the
preedit area on the screen:
- Type Shift+F9, then the lookup window pops up.
(Depending on the user's setting, this may automatically commit the
Hanj
a candidate if there's only one candidate entry in dictionary)
- You can navigate page to page by pressing the keys show below
- If the current page contains the character that you are looking for, you can either press the label of the character or you can press the space key to move the highlighted area to the Hanja you want and then press enter or you can use your mouse to click the Hanja you want.
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3.3.2 Hanja Word Conversion
Modes
Hangul to Hanja conversion can be done also word by word
just as it is done character by character (described in the preceding
section).
The steps for Hangul to Hanja word conversion are the same
except conversion is not turned on until the preedit area contains a
Hangul
word.
Shift+F9 turns on
Hanja conversion choices.
The Hanja choices are a list of possible Hanja words plus a list
of Hanja characters for only the last syllable of the Hangul word.
A display like the following appears after typing a Hangul
word followed by Shift+F9:
The above list contains three Hanja word choices for converting
the Hangul word in the preedit area.
Users can enter non-Hangul/Hanja characters that cannot
be typed directly on the keyboard.
It works the same as "Hanja Character Lookup Choice Mode"
- Typing the letter of the choice makes/commits the choice and returns to Hangul input mode
- With Hangul input conversion on, type F8. The status
area shows that you are now in symbol input mode and input method
server
pops up a page of category choices:
- Type the letter of a category (a in the following example)
to display the first page of choices, or press enter after scrolling
down
the list using space key to do the same thing.
PaletteAux window consists of following buttons
- Grabber:Click this button to move the pallette window
- Johap->Wansung Converter:Click this button to convert the
current
Hangul incoding.
- Visual Keyboard Launcher:Click this button to show Visual Keyboard Window
- Utility Button
4.2 Virtual
Keyboard Auxiliary Window
To Launch this window, click Visual Keyboard Launch from
the Palette Auxiliary window. The selected Virtual Keyboard Auxiliary
window
shows up.
- 2 Beol Sik
- 3 Beol Sik 390
- 3 Beol Sik Final
You can click the keyboard button on the Virtual Auxiliary window to enter the character on the keyboard button.To close the Virtual Keyboard Auxiliary window, chose the 'Close Keyboard' menu of Visual Keyboard Launcher submenu.
4.3. Input Method Help
To access the online help of Korean Input method, click the input method help item from the utilities menu, a browser such as Netscape will appear and display the help information for input methods.