ache051 / mac_cantonese

Mac OS X 通俗廣東話輸入法. Cantonese input for Mac OSX.

mac_cantonese

Cantonese input for Mac OSX

As a new Mac user, I found most of the Cantonese input methods for Mac OSX utilize ancient input standards such as Yale, which also requires users to input tonal variations in order to retrieve characters. I created this input plugin to assist folks who want to use something non-standard but easier to learn. The character lookup table of this input plugin is based on typical forum and chatroom English Cantonese.

To install:

1. Copy "mac_cantonese.inputplugin" to the Library > Input Methods folder.

2. Log off and log on.

3. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources and add 粵拼 to the input methods.

4. Done! Enjoy!

[23.1.17] Addition: If the input method doesn't appear after following the steps above, it could be related to privilege issues. In this case, please try the following:

1. Open a blank document with TextEdit

2. Go to Format > Make Plain Text

3. Open the downloaded mac_cantonese.inputplugin file with another instance of TextEdit

4. Copy everything over from mac_cantonese.inputplugin to the blank document

5. Save the new document with the name mac_canton.inputplugin

6. Close all TextEdit instances

7. Double-click on mac_canton.inputplugin

8. Check if the input method appears

[03.05.18] Download mac_canton_utf16.inputplugin to your Downloads folder and double-click. Check Keyboard input sources and it should be installed.

mac_cantonese's Issues

Need to save plain text file as utf-16 in textedit

Hi, thanks very much for creating this input method!

I've installed in using the manual method listed on the main page (the one added on 23.1.17) and wanted to add that the file needs to be saved as utf-16 for it to work. By default it's saved as utf-8.

Perhaps this would be useful to add into your instructions for others. This isn't an issue per se, but I wasn't sure how else to contact you.

Thanks again!

Input Grayed Out after updating to Mojave 10.14.6

See attached, already tried deleting and reinstalling, I can select it once but it gets grayed out and I can't actually type anything.

经测试，无效

系统：Sierra
版本：10.12.2
无法挂载到系统输入源
复现率100%

Candidates don't appear

I might be doing something wrong here, but when I try to use any custom input method on Mac, most recently this one, the character candidates don't appear so I can't actually type with it.