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Alexandru Dima edited this page Aug 24, 2016 · 45 revisions

Input method smoke test

The golden standard is Word


[Windows] Japanese

  • Add the Japanese input method

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

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

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

  • sennsei should result in せんせい

  • konnichiha should result in こんいちは

  • mikann should result in みかん


[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:


[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:


[Windows] Chinese Test 1

  • 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:

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


[Windows] Chinese Test 2

  • 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 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


[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")


[Mac] The hold input method

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

[Mac] The emoji inserter


[Linux] Japanese


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