math.psu.edu:/pub/simpson/chinese/cchelp/mule/README This document created 24 Sept 1993 by Stephen G. Simpson. This document last revised 28 Oct 1993 by Stephen G. Simpson. There are two versions of CCHELP, the MULE version and the EMACS-19 version. This README file documents the MULE version. CCHELP is a little system that I put together to obtain instant helpful information on Chinese characters. The MULE version of CCHELP runs under Mule, the Multilingual Extended version of GNU Emacs. Once CCHELP is installed, you can go into Mule and click the mouse on any Chinese character and a help message will appear giving the character itself, its PinYin pronunciation, and an indication of its English meaning. The help messages also accumulate in buffers for later inspection. Both GB- and Big5-coded Chinese are supported. Help messages for GB accumulate in one buffer, and help messages for Big5 accumulate in another. Enjoy! CCHELP is copyrighted, but please feel free to use it and modify it as you see fit. If you find CCHELP useful or interesting, please send me e-mail. I would also appreciate any other comments or suggestions for improving CCHELP. Here are the steps for installing CCHELP. 1. Compile mlook.c, for instance by typing "gcc -o mlook mlook.c". Place the mlook executable in your path and type "rehash". (Or, just place it in a directory somewhere and modify cchelp.el to point to it.) 2. Place the sorted help files zidian.gb.sorted and zidian.b5.sorted in appropriate directories somewhere. Modify cchelp.el so as to point to those files, or add appropriate lines to your ~/.emacs or default.el. 3. Place cchelp.el in an appropriate directory somewhere so that your Mule will be able to load it when asked to do so. If you wish, you may byte-compile cchelp.el. 4. Add some lines to your ~/.emacs or default.el, as explained in cchelp.el. You may modify the key and mouse bindings to your taste. To use CCHELP, run Mule and visit a Chinse file. While holding down the Control key, use the left mouse button to click on any Chinese character. The help message for that character will appear in the minibuffer. If you click on more characters, more help messages will appear. These help messages will also accumulate in two buffers, "GB Help" and "Big5 Help". These buffers will not be visible initially, but you can switch to them at any time using C-x b as usual. I normally keep a small window on the appropriate help buffer, so I can always see the last few help messages. Acknowledgements: D.-P. Deng . (The idea for CCHELP came from Deng's gb2pinyin.el.) Ross Paterson . (Ross provided the Chinese character data in zidian.gb and zidian.b5.) Ken'ichi Handa . (Handa and his team are the creators of Mule. Mule is available at sh.wide.ad.jp[133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule.) Stephen G. Simpson Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University 333 McAllister Building, University Park, State College, PA 16802 Office phone: +1 814 863-0775 Internet: simpson@math.psu.edu Home phone: +1 814 238-2274 Bitnet: T20 AT PSUVM FAX: +1 814 865-3735