Type in Japanese?

[maxiewawa]

I want to type in Japanese.

I had the idea of having the entire alphabet on a txt file and copying/pasting whenever I wanted to type something, but that sounds like too much of a pain in the ***.

I have the Threesearch unicode font, but that won't let me type in japanese.

Can anyone help?

[hideyuuk1]

yeah2 i need that too...

[xyepblra]

First of all, guys, I can not guarantee everything would work, but if you agree to give it a try, I'll try my best to help you. I modded my handset, and now I can type in Russian.

/usr/language/inputmethods/*.kbd - this is the location of the keyboard layout file for English keyboard.

The following is the content of that file designed to type in Russian:

[LanguageLayoutSetting]
InputMethodType={637a8a14-af98-41da-969a-2bd16ecda800}
Lang=English Board
AreaType=AREA_PRC
Layout1= 0x0439 0x0446 0x0443 0x043A 0x0435 0x043D 0x0433 0x0448 0x0449 0x0437 0x0445 0x0444 0x044B 0x0432 0x0430 0x043F 0x0440 0x043E 0x043B 0x0434 0x0436 0x044D 0x044F 0x0447 0x0441 0x043C 0x0438 0x0442 0x044C 0x0431 0x044E 0x0451 ' ; ( : ) - 0x044A ! / , . ?
Layout2= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 @ q w e r t y u i o p _ a s d f g h j k l z x c v b n m ' ; : , . /
Layout3= 0x0419 0x0426 0x0423 0x041A 0x0415 0x041D 0x0413 0x0428 0x0429 0x0417 0x0425 0x0424 0x042B 0x0412 0x0410 0x041F 0x0420 0x041E 0x041B 0x0414 0x0416 0x042D 0x042F 0x0427 0x0421 0x041C 0x0418 0x0422 0x042C 0x0411 0x042E 0x0401 0x221E 0x00F7 0x2248 0x2260 ' " 0x042A 0x00A3 0x00A5 0x00A7 0x00AB 0x00BB
Layout4= 0x03B1 0x03B2 0x03B3 0x0394 0x03BB 0x03BC 0x03C0 0x03C4 0x03C6 0x03C9 0x03A9 Q W E R T Y U I O P \ A S D F G H J K L Z X C V B N M " ! ? 0x00A9 0x00AE 0x2122
Layout5= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 @ 0x00E0 0x00E1 0x00E2 0x00E3 0x00E4 0x00E5 0x00E6 0x00FD 0x00FF 0x0161 / 0x00E8 0x00E9 0x00EA 0x00EB 0x00EC 0x00ED 0x00EE 0x00EF 0x00FE 0x00F2 0x00F3 0x00F4 0x00F5 0x00F6 0x00F9 0x00FA 0x00B2 0x0153 0x00F1 0x00FB 0x00FC 0x6162
Layout6= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 @ 0x00C0 0x00C1 0x00C2 0x00C3 0x00C4 0x00C5 0x00C6 0x00DD 0x0178 0x0160 / 0x00C8 0x00C9 0x00CA 0x00CB 0x00CC 0x00CD 0x00CE 0x00CF 0x00DE 0x00D2 0x00D3 0x00D4 0x00D5 0x00D6 0x00D9 0x00DA 0x00B2 0x0153 0x00F1 0x00FB 0x00FC 0x6162
Layout7= 0x00A4 # { [ ] } | ~ 0x00F0 0x00B5 0x00a3 0x00C0 0x00C1 0x00C2 0x00C3 0x00C4 0x00C5 0x00C6 0x00DD 0x0178 0x0160 0x20ac 0x00C8 0x00C9 0x00CA 0x00CB 0x00CC 0x00CD 0x00CE 0x00CF 0x00DE 0x00D2 0x00D3 0x00D4 0x00D5 0x00D6 0x00D9 0x00DA 0x00B1 0x0152 0x00D1 0x00DB 0x00DC 0x6162
Layout8= 0x00A4 # { [ ] } | ~ 0x00F0 0x00B5 0x00a3 0x00E0 0x00E1 0x00E2 0x00E3 0x00E4 0x00E5 0x00E6 0x00FD 0x00FF 0x0161 0x20ac 0x00E8 0x00E9 0x00EA 0x00EB 0x00EC 0x00ED 0x00EE 0x00EF 0x00FE 0x00F2 0x00F3 0x00F4 0x00F5 0x00F6 0x00F9 0x00FA 0x00B1 0x0152 0x00D1 0x00DB 0x00DC 0x6162
LayoutS= ~ 0x221A 0x00B2 0x00B3 x / * ( ) [ ] & 0x00B1 # 0x2116 7 8 9 < > { } | A B C 4 5 6 - $ ^ D E F 1 2 3 + % 0x20AC 0x00B5 0x00B0 : 0 0x0020 . =
As you can see, now you have to substitute Russian letters presented in Unicode (UTF- code values (layouts 1 and 2) with Japanese kana.
Please note that some keys are not displayed here. Give me a set of kana letters with Unicode values corresponding each letter, and I'll try to develop a keyboard file for Japanese input. The problem is, there are just 33 letters in Russian alphabet, and each of Japanese alphabets is at least 47 letters plus manigory and aggravated syllables (smaller ones).
After that, we'll test it.

[maxiewawa]

Ermm...

Ok, so with the examle above, you have 1 keyboard which types Russian letters, (layout 1) and one that types in English (layout s)

This means that when you go to the keyboard section you have 'English keypad' and 'Russian keypad'.

You don't have Chinese input.

Is that right?

[hideyuuk1]

so you mean replacing the chinese board?

Give me a set of kana letters with Unicode values corresponding each letter, and I'll try to develop a keyboard file for Japanese input.

emm, what do you mean by unicode values?? i could provide you both hiragana and katakana letters, could you give me your email or i just post it here?

[xyepblra]

Ermm...

Ok, so with the examle above, you have 1 keyboard which types Russian letters, (layout 1) and one that types in English (layout s)

This means that when you go to the keyboard section you have 'English keypad' and 'Russian keypad'.

You don't have Chinese input.

Is that right?

No, maxiewawa, it's not right. I still need Chinese input (both Pinyin and Handwriting), cause I live and work in China.
You can not add any keypads to those 5 instead of any one. That's by the way, the reason I'd like to substitute Zhuyin Board with Russian keypad.
In case I described above we create two additional layouts over English keypad. In other words, there are:
1. Russian keypad with regular letters (small ones, I don't know the exact word for it, sorry). This layout has a button with American flag, that switches you to English input. You can set this input method as a default input method in English keypad. Capital letters are typed with "Shift" key. There's no "CapsLock", unfortunately.
2. English keyboard with regular letters. This layout has a button with Russian flag, that switches you to Russian input. You can set this input method as a default input method in English keypad, too. Capital letters are typed with "Shift" key. There's no "CapsLock", unfortunately.

In both layouts there is a key swithing to special characters input (&, <, >, [, ] etc., and figures]. You can lock this layout.

In Japanese layout's case, the only problem I see so far, is that, compared to Russian, there's much (at least 3 times) more symbols in Japanese. I think, possible solutions for this problem could be:
1. Use Hiragana as default layout,and Katakana as "Shift" layout.
2. Input Katakana through "Symbols input".

Hideyuuk1, giving me Unicode values for kana means giving me those values that you can find in "Start" button in Windows -> Programs -> Accessories -> [crap, I forgot the name of this menu in English, I use Russian version of Windows] -> Characters table. In that window choose MS PMincho (or any other supporting Japanese) font and scroll down to where kana characters displayed. Write down those values displayed in tooltip for each symbol.
For example:
ぁ 3041
あ 3042
and so on, down to ヺ 30FA.
These are the values you have to substitute "0439", "0446" and "0443" in "0x0439 0x0446 0x0443" with, respectively.
Don't send it to me, just post here and someone (maybe me or you) will develop a keypadlayout using that info. After that, you'll be ready to test it on your handset.

[inijohan]

Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> CHARACTER MAP

Hehehe ...

[hideyuuk1]

ok here is the list...

[maxiewawa]

I can't find the /usr/language/inputmethods/*.kbd file! To be precise I can't find the /usr folder on my phone.

[hideyuuk1]

you must do telnet to see /usr folder