From: nakamura@samos.semicon.sony.co.jp (Tadashi Nakamura)
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: Help with Wnn
Date: 12 Nov 92 09:14:36 GMT
Distribution: fj
Organization: Sony corp. System LSI group, Kanagawa, Japan.


In article <MAGNUS.92Nov11110326@is19e0s00.jaist-east.ac.jp> magnus@jaist-east.ac.jp (Magnus Halldorsson) writes:

 |Question 1: How can I obtain documentation in English about using Wnn
 |	  (the kanji-conversion business in Nemacs)?
 |
 |Question 1b: If the answer of Q1 is not available, how can I get the
 |conversion process to do what I want? In particular, how can I change
 |the way it breaks a word into parts?
 |  E.g.: I want to type in the name Iwano, but the #$*% program splits
 |it up as "$@$$!C4D$N(J" (in ascii: 'I' + 'wano'), meaning that it never finds
 |the kanji for "iwa".

Hi,

I hope what follows answers most of your question and more. All the
commands below work for me and I think they are default key-bindings.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong or if I missed any other commands,
please add to the list.

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To enter what is known as roma-ji/kana mode, type..

    Ctrl-\ (Control backslash)

You will notice [----] change to [a$@$"(J] on the mode line at the bottom
left handside of the window. You have entered roma-ji/kana mode.

As you type, you should see hiragana displayed with the "|"(fence)
on both ends. Once you get this far, you can do one of the followings...

  "SPACE"     - Displays next kanji candidate
  "Ctrl-c"    - Quits roma-ji/kana mode
* "Ctrl-b"    - Moves back one bunsetsu
* "Ctrl-f"    - Moves one bunsetsu forward
  "Ctrl-g"    - Aborts kanji conversion mode and return to roma-ji/kana
                mode leaving all characters in hiragana
* "Ctrl-i"    - Lengthens bunsetsu by one kana character
* "Ctrl-o"    - Shortens bunsetsu by one kana character
  "Ctrl-k"    - Confirms all kanji conversion in all bunsetsu before the
                current bunsetsu and all bunsetsu current and beyond 
                return to roma-ji/kana mode
  "RET"       - Confirms all kanji conversion
* "Ctrl-n"    - Displays next kanji candidate
* "Ctrl-p"    - Displays previous kanji candidate
  "ESC-s"     - Displays list of all kanji candidates in the mini buffer
                to make it possible to select kanji by number.
                Note) Use "C-n" and "C-p" to display next and previous
                      line of the list, respectively
  "ESC-h"     - makes the current bunsetsu hiragana
  "ESC-k"     - makes the current bunsetsu katakana
  "ESC-i"     - Displays information on the current kanji

* Pretty useful.

Other than above, you can register some words so that you don't have to
mess around with Ctrl-this, Ctrl-that, next time you type the word. To
do this YOU MUST LEAVE THE ROMA-JI/KANA MODE.

How to register a word
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1. Move the cursor on top of the first character of the word you want to
   register.
2. Mark it.
3. Move the cursor right behind the last charater of the word
4. Type...
        ESC-x toroku-region
5. You will be asked how to pronounce the word, in the mini-buffer.
   Type the pronounciation and hit return
6. You will be asked what the word is. (noun, verb, adjective...)
   Select by number and hit return
   Note) There are two lines of selection. Use "Ctrl-n" and "Ctrl-p"
7. You will be asked which dictionary you want the word to be registered
   Select by number and hit return

Note) If you decide not register the word anywhere during the process
      above, type...
          Ctrl-g
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