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IME translates the reading
into Kanji. |
The system that allows
input of Kanji on a PC is called an Input Method.
The Windows OS Input Method is broken onto
several function modules; the part that actually
handles input and Kanji conversion is called IME
(input Method Editor).
IME interprets the Roman or hiragana reading of
the string of characters input by the user, and
displays a phrase containing Kanji as a
candidate. The user then chooses the appropriate
phrase from among the available candidates and
confirms the decision.
This makes the input of Japanese with Kanji
possible.
IME is normally software that accepts a string of
characters as input and confirms the converted
phrase.
A string of characters is a list of character
codes.
Thus, information other than character codes is
not included.
This makes it impossible to store font
information with the characters and specify a
font when inputting a string of characters. For
example, it is not possible to record the same
character using both MS Mincho and MS Gothic, and
then use them separately based on the reading of
the character.
In other words, you cannot input Kanji with IME
simply by having several fonts with different
characters registered under the same character
codes.
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