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Subject: Re: Chinese character input scheme -- call for references
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Date: 14 Dec 88 06:21:21 GMT
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In article <789@wasatch.UUCP>, thomson@wasatch.UUCP (Rich Thomson) writes...
> 
>The user interface for input of the character should use the stroke
>information (encoded on a key, for instance) in combination with the order
>of the strokes to uniquely identify a given Chinese character, or perhaps
                   ^^^^^^^^
>learn a new character.

	This scheme doesn't solve the problem of ambiguity, which is one of 
the major obstacles in Chinese character coding systems. For example, the 
character Jia3 (as in Jia3, Yi3, Bin3, Ding1, i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, you know 
what I meant) and the character Shen1 (a family name) have the same number
and sequence of strokes, and the same size of strokes. The only difference 
is the relative position of the last vertical stroke.

	Besides, the number of keys pressed could be very large. Hence, 
even if such an implementation exists, it is a very inefficient one.

>er sets?  Are there any journals (again, possibly Japanese) devoted
>to the problem of oriental native language I/O?  Any references to
>articles, journals, books, programs, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
	I rember I read somewhere that there was a conference dedicated for 
Chinese Word Processing. But I fogot where. Maybe you can look for it.