zhcon(1)

NAME

Zhcon - a fast CJK console environment for GNU/Linux and BSD

SYNTAX

zhcon [prog]

DESCRIPTION

Zhcon is a fast Linux Console Chinese System which supports framebuffer device. It can display Chinese, Japanese, or Korean double byte characters. Supported language encodings include: GB2312, GBK, Big5, JIS, and KSC. It can also use input methods (table based) from M$ Pwin98 and UCDOS for M$-DOG. Features include: * Full support for Linux FrameBuffer device (from 640x480x8bpp to
  1024x768x32bpp) * Multiple language support (GB2312, GBK, Big5, JIS, KSCM) * Gpm mouse support under GNU/Linux (in progress) * Mouse support under FreeBSD (finished) * Auto-detect and convert between GB2312 and Big5 encoding (like hztty) * Hot key to change language encoding on the fly * Can use input method from M$ Pwin98 or UCDOS for M$-DOG If a command line argument (prog) is given, zhcon will run this program on start instead of a shell and quit when that program exits. For example: zhcon screen will run screen on start

CONFIGURATION FILE
On startup, zhcon first try to load configuration from ~/.zhconrc. If this fails, it will use /usr/local/etc/zhcon.conf by default. The configuration file has many options that control the behavior of zhcon. See the comments in the file for instructions on customizing zhcon. Comprehensive documentation can be found in the /usr/local/share/doc/zhcon directory of installed package.

KEY SUMMARY

CTRL_ALT_H: activate online help
ALT_SPACE: open/close CJK mode
CTRL_SPACE: open/close input method
ALT_SPACE: show/hide input bar
CTRL_,: toggle Full/Half char mode
CTRL_.: toggle Chinese symbol
CTRL_F1: set encoding to GB2312
CTRL_F2: set encoding to GBK
CTRL_F3: set encoding to Big5
CTRL_F4: set encoding to JIS
CTRL_F5: set encoding to KSCM
CTRL_F7: toggle between nativebar and overspot input style
CTRL_F9: toggle GB2312/Big5 auto-detect mode
CTRL_F10: menu mode
CTRL_ALT_1-ALT_9: switch to Chinese input method 1 to 9
CTRL_ALT_0: English input mode
History mode keys:
SHIFT_PAGEUP: scroll up half screen in history
SHIFT_PAGEDOWN: scroll down half screen in history
SHIFT_ARROWUP: scroll up one line in history
SHIFT_ARROWDOWN: scroll down one in history

AUTHORS

Zhang Le <ejoy@users.sourceforge.net>
Hu Yong <ccpaging@etang.com>
Rick Lei <rick@chinaren.com>

This manpage was written by Zhang Le.

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