SKKINPUT(1x)

NAME
skkinput - Japanese Input Method on X environment (Ver 2.06.4)

SYNOPSIS
skkinput [ -toolkitoption... ] [ -option... ]

DESCRIPTION
skkinput is Japanese Input Method on X Window System, using kinput protocol/kinput2 protocol/Ximp Protocol/X Input Method(X11R6 standard).

skkinput converts Kana to Kanji communicating skkserv, which is in SKK package, using BSD socket. When skkserv is not available, it can works by using only local dictionary. However, it does not support a features of waking up skkserv, which original skk have.

For more information, please read Japanese version of skkinput manpages.

Options
skkinput -help or skkinput -? will give you list of skkinput options.

-version or -v
    print version.

-help or -?
    print help message.

-host hostname or -h hostname
    specify hostname running skkserv. You can also specify by using environment variable SKKSERVER or configuration file. default is "localhost"

-port port or -p port
    specify port number for communication to skkserv. default is 1178.

-4  use IPv4 to communicate with skkserv.

-6  use IPv6 to communicate with skkserv.

-config file or -cnf file
    specify path of configuration file. default is "~/.skkinput".

-userjisyo jisyo-file or -uj jisyo-file
    specify user dictionary file for skkinput. default is "~/.skkinput-jisyo".

-backjisyo backup-file or -bj backup-file
    specify back file of user dictionary file for skkinput. default is "~/.skkinput-jisyo.BAK".

-skkjisyo skk-jisyo or -sj skk-jisyo
    specify user dictionary file for skk. default is "~/.skk-jisyo".

-fontset kanji-font
    specify font set for skkinput. please specify string of font name and separate characters ",".

-mfontset roman-font
    specify font set for minibuffer of skkinput. please specify string of font name and separate characters ",".

-fg color
    specify foreground color for input window of skkinput.

-bg color
    specify background color for input window of skkinput.

-bd color
    specify border color for input window of skkinput.

-/+rv
    reverse video mode for input window of skkinput.

-/+mfs
    modify minibuffer window size according to client, when OverTheSpot/OffTheSpot mode.

-width width
    default width of Root Style Window. unit pixel.

-height height
    default height of Root Style Window. unit pixel.

-mwidth width
    width of minibuffer window for OffTheSpot/OverTheSpot Window Style. unit pixel. height is fixed.

-/+ns
    sticky shift(?) default no.

-+nc
    sticky control(?) default no.

-/+kinput
    support Kinput/Kinput2 Protocol, default yes.

-/+xim
    support X Input Method protocol, which is X11R6 standard, default yes.

-/+ximp
    support Ximp protocol, default yes.

-autosave sec
    specify interval time for autosave check, unit milli seconds. If sec is 0, no autosave. default 10 seconds.

-/+sc
    display mode status window under the cursor for OverTheSpot Window Style. default false.

Don't use same file for sj,bj,uj.

environment variable
skkinput refers following environment variables.

SKKSERVER
    hostname running skkserv.

FILES
skkinput reads configuration file, "~/.skkinput". Its format is:

    paramater_name:data

empty line and/or line beginning `;' will be ignored. Don't put space between parameter and `:' and/or beginning of line, but you may put spaces between `:' and data.

Available parameter names are:
Parameter      Data              Default
skk-server-host "string"        "localhost"
                hostname running skkserv
skk-service	"string"	"skkserv"
		service name for communication to skkserv
skk-port-num    number          1178
                port number for communication to skkserv (obsoleted)
skk-server-protocol-family "string"	"unspec"
		protocol family to communicate with skkserv
		"inet4" for IPv4, "inet6" for IPv6
skkinput-jisyo  "string"        "~/.skkinput-jisyo"
                skkinput user dictionary file
skkinput-backup-jisyo
                "string"        "~/.skkinput-jisyo.BAK"
                backup of skkinput user dictionary file
skk-jisyo       "string"        "~/.skk-jisyo"
                skk user dictionary file
skkinput-record "string"        "~/.skkinput-record"
                skkinput-record file
skkinput-egg-like-newline
                t or nil        nil
                newline for confirmation?
skkinput-chat-adapter-mode
                t or nil        nil
                include newline code except of empty line?
skkinput-keep-record
                t or nil         t
                create skkinput-record ?
skkinput-search-skk-jisyo
                t or nil         t
               refer skk user dictionary?
skkinput-date-ad
                t or nil          nil
               date of j-today?
skkinput-number-style
               0 or 1 or 2      0
               j-today style
                 0 ... ASCII
                 1 ... JIS X0208
                 2 ... Kanji Number
skkinput-delete-implies-kakutei
               t or nil          t
               confirm by backward-delete-char when converting
               display previous candidate in case of nil.
skkinput-use-numeric-conversion
               t or nil          t
               enable conversion with numberic parameters?
skkinput-zenkaku-vector
               ( num . "string" )
skkinput-input-vector
               ( num . "string" )
skkinput-rom-kana-rule-list
             ( "state@input" "next-state" "hiragana-output" "katakana-output" )
               Romaji Kana conversion rule
               e.g. ( "nn" "n" "¤ó" "¥ó" )
define-key-skkmap
               ( "string" . "string" )
define-key-abbrevmap
               ( "string" . "string" )
               modify key assign
               you can use the followings for right side
     self-insert-command,      j-self-insert,
     j-self-zenkaku-insert,    j-display-code-for-char-at-point,
     j-set-henkan-point,       j-set-henkan-point-subr,
     j-insert-a,               j-insert-e,
     j-insert-i,               j-insert-o
     j-insert-u,               j-kana-input,
     j-start-henkan,           j-insert-comma,
     j-insert-period,          j-purge-from-jisyo,
     j-input-by-code-or-menu,  j-mode-off,
     j-toggle-kana,            j-previous-candidate,
     j-kakutei,                j-abbrev-input,
     j-abbrev-comma,           j-zenkaku-eiji,
     j-zenkaku-henkan,         j-today,
     save-skkinput-local-jisyo,j-kanainput-mode-on,
     newline,                  set-mark-command,
     forward-char,             backward-char,
     delete-char,              delete-backward-char,
     j-try-comletion,          end-of-line,
     beginning-of-line,        kill-line,
     yank,                     kill-region,
     kill-ring-save,           exchange-point-and-mark,
     transpose-chars,          redraw,
     prefix-char,              sendback-key,
     keyboard-quit,            close-skkinput,
     vc-toggle-chatmode,       j-mode-off-and-self-insert
undefine-key-skkmap
               "string"
undefine-key-abbrevmap
               "string"
tab-width      number             8
               number of space for C-i
skkinput-rjj-like-input
               t or nil   nil
skkinput-lisp  string
               eval this string as skkinput-lisp

X DEFAULTS

fontSet
    see -fontset option

minibufferFontSet
    see -mfontset option

foreground
    see -fg option

background
    see -bg option

borderColor
    see -bd option

reverseVideo
    see -/+rv option

xim.conversionStartKey
    key assign for invoking X Input Method(X11R6 standard)

xim.supportedLocales
    locale for X Input Method(X11R6 standard)

ximp.conversionStartKey
    key assign for invoking Ximp Protocol

width
    Root Window Style width, see -width option

height
    Root Window Style height, see -height option

separate.overTheSpotLikeInput
    one line input or over the spot like input for Root Window Style

changeMinibufferFont
    see -/+mfc option

minibuffer_width
    see -mwidth option

offthespot.overthespotLikeInput
    one line input or over the spot like input for OffTheSpot Window Style

overthespot.overthespotLikeInput
    one line input or over the spot like input for OverTheSpot Window Style

overthespot.modeshell_geometry
    geometry of modeline shell for OverTheSpot.

shiftHaTugiDeYukou
    see -/+ns option

controlHaTugiDeYukou
    see -/+nc option

southCursor
    see -/+sc option

SEE ALSO
"~/.skkinput"              configuration file
"~/.skkinput-jisyo"        skkinput user dictionary
"~/.skkinput-jisyo.BAK"    backup of skkinput user dictionary
"~/.skkinput-record"       skkinput statistics
"~/.skk-jisyo"             skk user dictionary

AUTHORS
skkinput is developed by PXG01715@niftyserve.or.jp, and maintained with Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp> The latest version of skkinput can be found at http://sourceforge.jp/projects/skkinput2

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others), based on original Japanese version of manpage.