From: cwnn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 08:44:38 -0400

>
>Your user name is "Cwnn project". Could you please tell us
>more about this project? I wonder if there is already a
>file called Cwnndict or so.
>
>Bo
>

Some time ago in 1992, I have sent one article on this cWnn project.
I will now send again for your reference ....

-Ang

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*  Release of cWnn 4.10 (A Chinese Input System on Unix Workstations) *
***********************************************************************

  cWnn is an integrated Chinese Input system running on Unix Workstations.
  It supports a wide range of input methods, satisfying the needs of the
  Chinese users from all over the world, including both P.R.China and Taiwan.

  cWnn is capable of carrying out Hanzi conversion from an arbitrary Pinyin
  or Zhuyin sequence, hence improving the speed of Pinyin/Zhuyin input.
  cWnn is developed on Omron LUNA workstation and has been ported to other
  Unix workstations.

System Architecture and Configurations
=======================================
  cWnn adopts the Client-Server Model of Unix operating system.  The server
  will perform the service requests from all the clients, which may reside
  in the same or different machines.  In this way, resources are shared and
  multi-user environment is achieved.

  cWnn is capable of displaying Chinese characters based on GB and CNS
  internal codes.

  Current machines/OS that support cWnn are:
      Hardware           Operating System       Window system
    --------------       ----------------       -------------
    LUNA (Omron)         UniOS-U, UniOS-B       X, GMW
    LUNA II (Omron)      UniOS-U, Mach          X, GMW
    LUNA 88K (Omron)     Mach                   X
    Sun-3                SunOS 4.1              SunView, X
    Sun-4                SunOS 4.1              SunView, X
    SPARCstation         SunOS 4.1              SunView, X

Input Methods and Features of cWnn
===================================
  The current input methods available from cWnn are the commonly used
  phonetic input methods such as Pinyin (Quanpin, Erpin, Sanpin), and
  Zhuyin.
  The encoded input methods include Wubi and Qianma.  However, cWnn
  enables any encoded input methods to be installed easily.
  Other input methods include Guobiao, Quwei, Neima, Banjiao and
  Quanjiao input.

  The features of cWnn are:
  (1) Multi-phrase Hanzi Conversion
      - System is able to convert an arbitrary length of Pinyin/Zhuyin
        to the expected Hanzi at one time.

  (2) Standardization of Pinyin and Zhuyin
      - User is able to input both Pinyin and Zhuyin, while the system
        will still be able to carry out the conversion.

  (3) Ideal Input Environment
      - There will be a check on all user input, and warning is provided
        during illegal input.
      - Auto-correction may be performed on certain Pinyin/Zhuyin.
      - Automatic segmentation of input.
      - Auto-mapping of input performed by the preprocessor.
      - Error tolerance for 4 tones, which may be omitted or input wrongly.
      - Error tolerance for Pinyin.  User can have his individual
        definitions for Pinyin which he often gets confused.

  (4) Easy Installation of Any Input Method

  (5) Environment Independent
      - Multi-environment / multi-user
      - Each user has his individual environment
      - Input environment can be defined and modified.

  (6) Good and Flexible Environment Setup
      - Setup of dictionary
        User is able to have his own dictionary setup according to his needs.

      - User interface
        User is able to setup his own input environment, including keyboard
        definition and conversion key setup.

      - Setup of input methods
        Input methods can be easily selected.

      - Conversion parameters
        User is able to change the parameter values used for conversion.

      - Addition / modification / deletion of grammar files is possible
        (Note: After modification, the definitions in the dictionary and
               grammar file should be consistent)

  (7) Resource Sharing
      - Sharing of dictionaries, usage frequency and grammar files.
      - Sharing of conversion service.

  (8) Library functions available for implementation of other Chinese
      applications.

Other Functions
===============
  (1) Candidates Selection
      - User is able to select other candidates having the same pronunciation.

  (2) Re-Conversion
      - Re-input and re-conversion of input is possible after the initial
        conversion.

  (3) Self Adaptation
      - Usage frequency is updated whenever a word is selected.

  (4) Addition / Deletion of Dictionary
      Registration / Search / Deletion of Words

Where and How to Access cWnn Source
===================================
  cWnn has been released together with X11R5 by X-consortium, MIT.
  A multi-language input client called "Xwnmo", which makes use of various
  language servers including cserver, is also available from X-consortium.

  cWnn's source program is now available from the X-consortium.  However,
  an alternative source is from the FTP site in Japan.

  FTP address in Japan:
        ftp.wg.omron.co.jp

  IP address:
        133.210.4.4

  Procedure to obtain cWnn source from FTP site:
        % ftp ftp.wg.omron.co.jp
        user(ftp): ftp
        passwd:
        > cd ~/pub/X11R5

  You may obtain all cWnn related information from the above directory.

  Online manual and man files are available.  These include cWnn usage
  and installation, and they are found under the directory cWnn/manual.en.

  cWnn is now freely distributed, and we welcome any questions regarding
  cWnn to be sent to us if problems are encountered.  Please direct your
  questions to:
        [email-masked]
        [email-masked]

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