[Lexicog] Korean and Toolbox

[Benjamin Barrett]

Thank you, Martin, for the detailed reply.
 
I have to apologize to the list and particularly those answering my
questions. Even though Korean was the default language on my computer at
start-up, I just discovered that my non-Unicode language setting was set to
Japanese. (I think this is what you meant, Martin, by system codepage.) I
was positive I had been testing with Korean :(
 
The good news is that Toolbox is operating just fine with Korean without
Keyman!
 
The Korean IME appears in the upper left-corner of the screen (somewhat
distracting), but when a hangul is complete or after a space is pressed, the
hangul appears in the Toolbox field. Also, pressing right Ctrl with a hangul
in the IME brings up the list of Korean characters (hanja). To switch
between alphabet and hangul input, press right Alt.
 
For people unfamiliar with the non-Unicode language setting, go to Control
Panel -> Language Options -> Regional and Language Options -> Advanced, and
select Korean for the Language for non-Unicode Programs. This is for Windows
XP (and I believe Windows 2000 Pro but not Windows ME).
 
Note that you have to install Korean on your system, first. Control Panel ->
Language Options -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages -> Details ->
Add, and add Korean.
 
The sequence may differ slightly at the beginning depending on how your
Control Panel is configured.
 
I'll still need to test output and other parts of Toolbox to make sure
everything is functional. I did try entering Korean, closing and reopening,
and the hangul was maintained.
 
Should I forward this e-mail to the Busemans through the Toolbox Webpage?
 
Best regards
Benjamin Barrett

-----Original Message-----
From: martin_hosken at sil.org [mailto:martin_hosken at sil.org] 


But there is possibly another way around this, which I haven't tested. That
is to set your system codepage to be Korean and to use a multi-byte
encoding for Korean. This would mean that non-Korean fields using any kind
of upper ASCII in your database would need to be converted to Unicode and
typed using Keyman. It also means that anyone using your database would
need to have the same system codepage or else you would need to convert
your data to Unicode for them and then they wouldn't be able to edit it.
Alternatively, if they can't read Korean, they could use any old codepage
and the Korean would come up as jibberish, but not be damaged.

I have asked whether Keyman can help with the problem of ANSI vs Unicode
applications and the answer is that the conversion happens very deep in
Windows and Keyman can't provide a solution for IMEs :(

>Can anyone shed some light on this?

I hope this makes better sense for you of what is going on. The Busemans
are very aware of the issue and are working to produce a Win2K+ version of
Toolbox that will work with IMEs, but don't hold your breath since it is
not as easy as people make out, to make the switch.

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