zhcon(1)

NAME

Zhcon - a fast CJK console environment for GNU/Linux and BSD

SYNTAX

zhcon [prog]

DESCRIPTION

Zhcon is a fast Linux Console Chinese System which supports framebuffer device.It can display Chinese, Japanese or Korean double byte characters.Supported language encodings include: GB2312, GBK, BIG5, JIS and KSC. It can also use input methods(table based) from M$ pwin98 and UCDOS for M$-DOG. * Features include: * Full support for Linux FrameBuffer device(from 640x480x8bpp to 1024x768x32bpp) * Multiple language support (GB2312, GBK, BIG5, JIS, KSCM) * Gpm mouse support under GNU/Linux (in progress) * Mouse support under FreeBSD (finished) * Auto-detect and convert between GB2312 and BIG5 encoding(like hztty) * Hot key to change language encoding on the fly * Can use input method from M$Pwin98 or UCDOS for M$-DOG If a command line argument (prog) is given, zhcon will run this program on start instead of a shell and quit when that program exits. For example:
zhcon screen
will run screen on start

CONFIGURE FILE
On startup, zhcon first try to load configuration from ~/.zhconrc.If failed, it will use /etc/zhcon.conf by default.The configure file has many options that control the behavior of zhcon.See the comments in the file for instruction on customizing zhcon.Comprehensive document can be found in doc/ directory of source package.

KEY SUMMAY

CTRL_ALT_H: active online help
ALT_SPACE: open/close CJK mode
CTRL_SPACE: open/close input method
ALT_SPACE: show/hide input bar
CTRL_,: toggle Full/Half char mode
CTRL_.: toggle Chinese symbol
CTRL_F1: set encode to GB2312
CTRL_F2: set encode to GBK
CTRL_F3: set encode to BIG5
CTRL_F4: set encode to JIS
CTRL_F5: set encode to KSCM
CTRL_F7: toggle between nativebar and overspot input style
CTRL_F9: toggle GB2312/BIG5 auto-detect mode
CTRL_F10: menu mode
CTRL_ALT_1 - CTRL_ALT_9: switch to input method 1 to 9
CTRL_ALT_0: English mode
History mode keys:
SHIFT_PAGEUP: scroll up half screen in history
SHIFT_PAGEDOWN: scroll down half screen in history
SHIFT_ARROWUP: scroll up one line in history
SHIFT_ARROWDOWN: scroll down one in history

AUTHORS

ejoy <ejoy@users.sourceforge.net>
Hu Yong <ccpaging@etang.com>
Rick Lei <rick@chinaren.com>

This manpage is written by ejoy.

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