Talk:Japanese input method
Keyboard differences
The recent edit summary said that "not all keyboards are the same". As far as I know, they are all the same, though; provide a reference for the differences: the "henkan" button etc. are the same on every Japanese keyboard I've seen. Also, the editor's mis-naming to "Japanese industrial standards" and the typos etc. don't inspire confidence. --DannyWilde 13:14, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- I spotted a bunch more errors in the edit; a lot of it was just wrong. Please be much more careful in future.
Sophisticated kana to kanji convertors, (known collectively as an input method editor, or IME),- wrong, IME is the name of a Microsoft product.- Also, some IME programs display a brief definition of each word in order to help the user choose the correct kanji
in the case of unusual terms- wrong, they do this for everyday words. If katakana is required, it is usually presented as an option along with the kanji choices.- wrong, the converters aren't clever enough to do that consistently. I doubt someone who writes this has much experience of typing Japanese.use arrow keys to scroll through- this is OK, but why delete "using the space key" - this is the usual method, is it not?other symbols can be added by other buttons in the same way.Are there really such variations in these matters? I'd be interested in discussing this point further.Finally, a keyboard may have a special key to tell the OS that the last kana entered should not be converted to kanji. Sometimes this is just the Return key.This repeats something already stated. Further, it's the "enter" key as far as I know.
- http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/kb_collection/images/xmint.gif (Xmint)
- http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/kb_collection/images/applekb2.gif (apple)
- http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/kb_collection/images/mb6880.gif (Hitachi)
That's just three examples, although to the best of my knowledge, no Apple keyboard has ever had a Henkan button. The JIS link is identical to the redlink on the Japanese Industrial Standard page. As for typos, that's why this is a collaboration. I meant to clarify the article, not to inspire or inflate anyone's confidence. Neier 13:32, 2 November 2005 (UTC)