Ooops!
Of course, I was replying to a different question: "Does it make sense to
use mnemonics for ideographic scripts?"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Cimarosti [mailto:marco.cimarosti@essetre.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:09 PM
> To: 'Theo Veenker'; unicode@unicode.org
> Subject: RE: mnemonic input
>
>
> Theo Veenker wrote:
> > My questions are:
> > - Which mnemonic sets are available and actually used by people?
>
> It not only make sense, it is the only way to type ideographs
> on a 100-odd
> keys keyboard. In the computer industry, CJK mnemonic codes
> are called "IME"
> ("input method editor" -- don't ask me what that "editor"
> means: it must be
> some kind of historical acronym).
>
> There are basically three kinds of IME's: phonetic (based on
> pronunciation),
> graphemic (based on the shape of ideographs), and arbitrary
> (e.g., a number
> for each character, such as the telegraph code). IME dictionaries for
> phonetic methods can list single characters or whole compound words.
>
> The most famous graphemic IME system is Cangjie, which is
> also shown for
> many characters on <http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html>.
>
> _ Marco
>
>
>
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