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

zhcon [prog]

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

On startup, zhcon first try to load configuration from ~/.zhconrc.If failed, it will use /etc/zhcon.conf by default.The configure file has many options that control the behavior of zhcon.See the comments in the file for instruction on customizing zhcon.Comprehensive document can be found in doc/ directory of source package.

CTRL_ALT_H: active 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 encode to GB2312

CTRL_F2: set encode to GBK

CTRL_F3: set encode to BIG5

CTRL_F4: set encode to JIS

CTRL_F5: set encode 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 - CTRL_ALT_9: switch to input method 1 to 9

CTRL_ALT_0: English 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

ejoy <ejoy@users.sourceforge.net>

Hu Yong <ccpaging@etang.com>

Rick Lei <rick@chinaren.com>

This manpage is written by ejoy.