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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2000-09-07 20:48:12 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2000-09-07 20:48:12 +0000
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(quail-cxterm-package-ext-info): Fix doc strings of chinese-py-b5,
chinese-py, and chinese-tonepy input methods.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/international')
-rw-r--r--lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el40
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diff --git a/lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el b/lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el
index 639756a63a1..697effe127b 100644
--- a/lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el
+++ b/lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el
@@ -90,24 +90,24 @@ This input method works almost the same way as `chinese-py' (which
see).
This input method supports only Han characters. The more convenient
-method is `chinese-py-punct-b5' which is the conbination of this
-method and `chinese-punct-b5' and supports both Han characters and
-punctuations/symbols.
+method is `chinese-py-punct-b5', which is the combination of this
+method and `chinese-punct-b5' and which supports both Han characters
+and punctuation/symbols.
-For double-width Big5 characters correponding to ASCII, use the input
+For double-width Big5 characters corresponding to ASCII, use the input
method `chinese-qj-b5'.
The input method `chinese-py' and `chinese-tonepy' are also Pinyin
-base, but for the character set GB2312 (`chinese-gb2312').")
+based, but for the character set GB2312 (`chinese-gb2312').")
("chinese-py" "$AF4(BG"
"Pinyin base input method for Chinese charset GB2312
\(`chinese-gb2312').
Pinyin is the standared roman transliteration method for Chinese.
-Pinyin uses a sequence of Latin alphabets for each Chinese character.
-The sequence is made by the combination of the initials (the beginning
-sounds) and finals (the ending sounds).
+Pinyin uses a sequence of Latin alphabetic characters for each Chinese
+character. The sequence is made by the combination of the initials
+(the beginning sounds) and finals (the ending sounds).
initials: b p m f d t n l z c s zh ch sh r j q x g k h
finals: a o e i er ai ei oa ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in
@@ -117,28 +117,28 @@ sounds) and finals (the ending sounds).
four finals should be written by the character u-umlaut `$A(9(B'.)
With this input method, each time you type a key, list of Chinese
-characters corresponding to the accumulated key sequence is shown at
-the echo area. Then you can select one from the list by typing an
-index number or by navigating in the candidate list by C-b, C-f, C-n,
-and C-p.
+characters corresponding to the accumulated key sequence is shown in
+the echo area. You can then select one character from that list by
+typing an index number or by navigating in the list of candidates with
+C-b, C-f, C-n, and C-p.
For instance, to input $ADc(B, you type \"n i C-n 3\". The first \"n i\"
is a Pinyin, \"C-n\" selects the next group of candidates (each group
contains at most 10 characters), \"3\" select the third character in
-that block.
+that group.
This input method supports only Han characters. The more convenient
-method is `chinese-py-punct' which is the conbination of this method
-and `chinese-punct' and supports both Han characters and
-punctuations/symbols.
+method is `chinese-py-punct', which is the combination of this method
+and `chinese-punct', and supports both Han characters and
+punctuation/symbols.
-For double-width GB2312 characters correponding to ASCII, use the
+For double-width GB2312 characters corresponding to ASCII, use the
input method `chinese-qj'.
The correct Pinyin system specifies tones by diacritical marks, but
this input method doesn't use them, which results in easy (you don't
-have to know exact tones) but verbose (many characters are assigned to
-a same key seuqnece) inputting. You may also want to try the input
+have to know the exact tones), but verbose (many characters are assigned
+to the same key sequence) input. You may also want to try the input
method `chinese-tonepy' with which you must specify tones by digits
\(1..5).")
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ method `chinese-py'.
This input method works almost the same way as `chinese-py'. The
difference is that you must type 1..5 after each Pinyin to specify a
tone. So, to input $ADc(B, you type \"n i 3 3\", the first \"n i\" is a
-Pinyin, the next \"3\" specifies tone, the last \"3\" selecte the
+Pinyin, the next \"3\" specifies tone, and the last \"3\" selects the
third character from the candidate list.
For double-width GB2312 characters correponding to ASCII, use the