GCIN(1) 						    gcin input method platform							   GCIN(1)

NAME

       gcin - an input method server

SYNOPSIS

       gcin [-h|-v|--version]

DESCRIPTION

       gcin  is  an input method(IM) server, which focused mainly on Traditional Chinese. It is also very useful for Simplified Chinese, Japanese,
       and many other languages. IM table format of gcin is almost as same as those of scim and xcin. Users may append their IMs to gcin very eas-
       ily. The "g" of gcin means that it features a better GTK+ user interface.

       If you are looking for configuration tool of gcin, please see the manpage of gcin-tools.

OPTIONS

       -h, -v, --version
	      Show version of gcin.

FILES

       /usr/share/gcin/table/gtab.list
	      Input  methods  available  for  gcin. You may copy it to $HOME/.gcin/ and edit it as you like. If you have no $HOME/.gcin/gtab.list,
	      /usr/share/gcin/table/gtab.list will be used.

       /usr/share/gcin/script/html-browser
	      A file helps gcin finding html browsers when needed. You may add any compatible html browser to it.

       /usr/share/gcin/script/utf8-edit
	      A file helps gcin finding text editors when needed. You may add any UTF-8 compatible text editor to it.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LC_CTYPE
	      For bash: export LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8
	      For csh: setenv LC_CTYPE zh_TW.UTF-8

       XMODIFIERS
	      For bash: export XMODIFIERS=@im=gcin
	      For csh: setenv XMODIFIERS @im=gcin

       GTK_IM_MODULE
	      For bash: export GTK_IM_MODULE=gcin
	      For csh: setenv GTK_IM_MODULE gcin

       QT_IM_MODULE
	      For bash: export QT_IM_MODULE=gcin
	      For csh: setenv QT_IM_MODULE gcin

       GCIN_CONNECT_MSG_ON
	      Display messages for socket connections.

       GCIN_DBG_TMP
	      Display additional debug messages.

       GCIN_ERR_COREDUMP
	      Option for debugging.

       GCIN_IM_CLIENT_NO_AUTO_EXEC
	      Disable auto-evoke in gcin protocol.

       GCIN_OUTPUT_FILTER
	      Assign output filter to process data before the IM server send them to clients.

       GCIN_TABLE_DIR
	      Assign directory for IM tables other then /usr/share/gcin/table.

SEE ALSO

       gcin-tools(1), gcin2tab(1), phoa2d(1), juyin-learn(1), gcin-message(1)

AUTHORS

       Edward Der-Hua Liu
	      Wrote gcin and associated tools.

       Friend of Chanjei IM, Malaysia <www.chinesecj.com>
	      Author of original Chanjei IM version 5 table.

       Dayi Co., Ltd. <http://www.dayi.com>
	      Author of Dayi IM.

GCIN 1.4.4							    2 FEB 2008								   GCIN(1)