Abstract
AbstractComputing involving data in a logo‐syllabic oriental language like Chinese is more difficult than in English. Many attempts have been made to develop bilingual or multilingual processing systems.1–3 Most of them are based on microcomputers like the IBM‐PC. With the widespread use of workstations and window systems, much better multi‐lingual processing environments can be provided.This paper describes the design and implementation of the program cxterm, a Chinese terminal emulator for the X Window System. We discuss the representation of multi‐byte international characters, the problems of Chinese character input and output, the pros and cons of various approaches, and the design decisions for cxterm. A feature of cxterm is its independence of input methods. A user can incorporate new input methods into cxterm at run‐time, without changing the program code. We also compare our approach with related work in multi‐lingual input/output in X, and describe how cxterm performs better in terms of efficiency, flexibility, and user‐friendliness.
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