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4. Chinese Editors

4.1 Celvis and CVim - clones of vi/ex

C-Elvis is a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. C-Elvis supports editing of Chinese text, English text, and the mixture of both. C-Elvis supports nearly all the vi/ex commands, in both visual mode and ex (colon) mode, for both Chinese and English characters. You can use C-Elvis for both GB2312-80 standard and Big5 encoding Chinese text. You need to use it in a Chinese terminal such as cxterm to input/output Chinese character.

Getting the celvis

The ftp site for celvis is 

celvis-1.3.tar.gz               ifcss.org:/pub/software/unix/editor

Installing celvis

# tar -xvzf celvis-1.3.tar.gz
# cd celvis
You need to edit tmp.c, delete line 93-95 
#if OS9
                  if we don't have write permission...
#endif
Then you can compile it by 
# cp Makefile.s5 Makefile
# make install
Because the Makefile is not for Linux, you may get a lot of warning messages. But you can ignore all of them. The celvis will installed in in /usr/local/bin.

Cvim

CVim is a patch to add Chinese support for vim-4.2. CVim includes some vi's features which are not supported by celvis-1.3, such as line number, line wrap, and large file editing. you can get vim-4.2-Chinese-patch and vim-4.2.tar.gz at ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/Unix/Chinese/cvim

# tar -xvzf vim-4.2.tar.gz
# cd vim-4.2/src
# patch < ../../vim-4.2-Chinese-patch
The file ``vim-4.2/src/feature.h'' can be edited to match your preferences. Compiling is simple, just do 
# make
# make install

4.2 Cjoe - Joe's Own Chinese Editor

JOE is a professional freeware ASCII text screen editor for UNIX. JOE has the feel of most IBM PC text editors. Although I am not using it myself, it is definitly a great editor.

Getting cjoe

You can find cjoe-2.8.tgz at the same place as celvis-1.3.tar.gz 

cjoe-2.8.tgz            ifcss.org:/pub/software/unix/editor

Compiling and Installing cjoe

Edit the Makefile file if you want to change the locations for binaries, keymap initialization files and man page. Otherwise, just do the following 

# make
# make install

4.3 Cemacs and CChelp For Emacs

Cemacs is a method of using GNU Emacs to display and edit Chinese files. To use Cemacs, it is necessary to run Emacs on a Chinese terminal or under a Chinese terminal emulator program such as cxterm. CCHELP is a system to obtain instant helpful information on Chinese characters. Once CCHELP is installed, you can click the mouse on any Chinese character and a help messag will appear giving the character itself, its PinYin pronunciation, and an indication of its English meaning. Both GB- and Big5-coded Chinese are supported.

Getting Cemacs and CChelp

Both cemacs and cchelp can be fetched at ftp.math.psu.edu:/pub/simpson/chinese

Installing

Follow the README files for cemacs and cchelp.

4.4 Mule and Xemacs 20.0

Getting Mule-2.3 and the Patch for Linux

mule-2.3.tar.gz            ftp.ifcss.org:/pub/software/mule/editor
                           sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/distribution/je/sources/mule
mule-2.3+lx.diff.gz        sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/distribution/je/sources/mule

Compile and Installing

Unpack the package and apply the patch 

# tar -xvzf mule-2.3.tar.gz
# patch < mule-2.3+lx.diff 
# cd mule-2.3/
# ./configure "i386-*-linux" --with-x11 --with-x-toolkit --with-gcc

If you want to customize your mule, read the file ``INSTALL'' and try ``./configure --help''. After the configuration, you need to modify the file ``src/Makefile'' a little bit, change ``-lcurses'' to ``-lncurses''. Now

# make
# make install
The default installation directory is /usr/local.

Use Chinese in Mule-2.3

If you have fonts intalled, you can use mule for input/output Chinese. Most of the Chinese fonts are 16 pts or 24 pts, so try 

# mule -fn 8x16 &
Or 
# mule -fn 12x24 &
In mule type M-x load-library RETURN chinese RETURN . The command ``Ctrl-]'' toggles input methods.

Xemacs 20.0

Haven't try yet.

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