Input method smoke test. VS Code is powered by Monaco, a browser based code editor which supports IE 9/10/11, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera, so when we make changes to the editor part, we should make sure it still works on all browsers Monaco support.

The golden standard is Word

Table of Contents

• [Windows/Mac] Japanese
• [Windows] Korean
• [Windows] Vietnamese with UniKey
• [Windows] Chinese
• [Windows] Sogou pinyin Chinese input method
• [Mac] Zhuyin Input Method (Chinese)
• [Linux] Japanese
• [Linux] Korean (Hangul)
• [Linux] Chinese (Pinyin)
• [Linux] Chinese (Sogou Pinyin)

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[Windows/Mac] Japanese

• Add the Japanese input method

  • Windows: Settings > Time & Language > Region & language > Add a language > Japanese
  • Mac: Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources > Add a language > Japanese

• Focus VS Code and switch OS input method to Japanese and choose Hiragana:

  • Windows:
  • Mac: Choose Hiragana in the menu bar

• Type the following words: sennsei or konnichiha or mikann followed by the enter key. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  • sennsei should result in "せんせい" or "先生"
  • konnichiha should result in "こんいちは"
  • mikann should result in "みかん" or "橘"

  

• After typing some Japanese words, try to type space or enter key a few times to see if the composition works correctly.

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[Windows] Korean

• Add the Korean input method

  • Settings > Time & Language > Region & language > Add a language > Korean

• Focus VS Code and switch OS input method to Korean and choose Hangul:

  

• Type gksrmf and press space. Here is how Word looks like doing this (it should be "한글"):

  

• Type dkssudgktpdy in a new file. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  

• Type dks, it should be read 안. Now backspace should result in 아, backspace again should result in ㅇ

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[Windows] Vietnamese with UniKey

• Download and Run UniKey

• Click the button with a down arrow:

  

• Get the following settings:

  

• Focus VS Code and click once UniKey's system tray entry (next to the date) to toggle on Vietnamese mode (get it to be a V):

  

• Type Tooi => it should transform to => Tôi. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  

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[Windows] Chinese

• Add the Chinese (Simplified) input method

• Settings > Time & Language > Region & language > Add a language > Chinese (Simplified)

• Focus VS Code and switch OS input method to Chinese and choose Chinese mode and make sure the input method's name is Microsoft Pinyin:

  

• Type . or , in full width form. They should be typed in immediately. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  

• Type ni press Space and then hao and press Space. They should be typed in immediately. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  

• Type hazni press Space. It should result into 哈祝你 or 汉子 or 哈子你. The result might differ due to different implementation of the algorithm the IME uses, just make sure it's the same as what you get in Notepad or whatever.

• Type a and press space key twice. The result should be 啊(Please note it ends with a single space)。

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[Windows] Sogou pinyin Chinese input method

• Install Sogou pinyin Chinese input method

  • Download Sogou pinyin Chinese input method from this link

    

  • Double click downloaded install exe

    

  • Click YES if UAC dialog show

    

  • Click Install immediately in the install UI

    

  • Wait for the process complete, UNCHECK the "install the Sogou browser"

    

  • Uncheck all options, click finish

    

• Focus VS Code and switch OS input method to Chinese and choose Chinese mode and make sure the input method's name is Sogou Pinyin:

  

• Type ni press Space and then hao and press Space. They should be typed in immediately. Here is how Word looks like doing this:

  

• It should result into 你好

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[Mac] Zhuyin Input Method (Chinese)

• System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > Add > Chinese, Tranditional > Zhuyin

  

• Focus VS Code and switch OS input method to Zhuyin (press Command + space)

  

• Type su3cl3 and press Enter. Here is how World looks like doing this (It should be "你好")

  

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[Mac] The hold input method

• Long press e
• A pop-up should appear
• Choose a different variant, like an e with an accute accent

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[Mac] The emoji inserter

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[Linux] Japanese

Use mozc.

Ubuntu

Follow this guide, from the Mozc section:

• sudo apt-get install ibus-mozc
• System Settings > Text Entry, add Japanese (Mozc)(IBus) to the list
• In the system menu bar, switch the input language to Mozc and the input mode to Hiragana

Elementary OS

http://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/271/how-can-i-enable-japanese-input

Test

Input	Output
sennsei	"せんせい" or "先生"
konnichiha	"こんいちは"
mikann	"みかん" or "橘"

[Linux] Korean

Ubuntu

• Follow this guide to install and setup fcitx.

Elementary OS

• Install fcitx: Follow instructions here
• Install Korean-Hangul support: sudo apt-get install fcitx-hangul

Test

Input	Output
gksrmf	"한글"

[Linux] Chinese (Pinyin)

Ubuntu

• Follow this guide to install and setup fcitx.

Elementary OS

• Install fcitx: Follow instructions here
• Select Google Pinyin

Test

Input	Output
ni Space hao Space	"你好"

[Linux] Chinese (Sogou Pinyin)

• Install fcitx as above
• Install the deb images (32/64 bit) from http://pinyin.sogou.com/linux/?r=pinyin

Test

Input	Output
ni Space hao Space	"你好"

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