Input Methods DIY

An input method consists of two files
  1. HEADER.im
  2. DICTIONARY.dic

«÷­µ

py.im THE EXTENSION MUST BE .im
«÷­µ The first line is the Chinese name of the method
7 The second line is the maximum number of characters in a code
py.dic The third line is the name of the corresponding dictionary file
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Z		 The following lines are the valid characters for the codes (upper case please)

py.dic
......PIN1 «÷PIN1 «¹...YIN1 ­µ...
  1. The file consists of ONE SINGLE LINE!
  2. The codes must be upper cases
  3. Sorted by the codes.
  4. If the number of characters in a code for a Chinese character is less than the maximum number, fill the remaining with SPACES. So, for «÷, there are 3 spaces on the right of PIN1.
  5. The next code follows the previous Chinese character without any space or separater.
  6. End the file immediately after the the last character

Don't forget email your input method files to me so that I can distribute to other users.

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