Japanese/Korean on XEmacs

• How to input Hangul on XEmacs.
• Language switch setting between Korean and Japanese

Sometimes, your browser stays a specific mode and can not see the Korean. Check your environment variable.

How to input Hangul on XEmacs.

• Set the input method.

       M-x set-input-method 
       korean-hangul
       

• Toggle the input method.

       toggle-input-method
       

• Show the key layout.

       M-x quail-help
       

• Ex. 안녕하세요 (Can you read this?)

Language switching setting between Korean and Japanese

• Switch to Hangul.
  Put next code to .emacs, and M-x korean.

  (defun korean ()
    (interactive)
    (set-language-environment "Korean")
    (set-buffer-file-coding-system 'euc-kr)
    (set-default-coding-systems 'euc-kr)
    (set-terminal-coding-system 'euc-kr)
    (set-input-method "korean-hangul")
    (set-default-buffer-file-coding-system 'euc-kr)
    (set-buffer-file-coding-system-for-read 'euc-kr)
    )
       

• Switch to Japanese.
  Put next code to .emacs, and M-x japanese.

  (defun japanese ()
    (interactive)
    (set-language-environment "Japanese")
    (set-buffer-file-coding-system 'euc-jp)
    (set-default-coding-systems 'euc-jp)
    (set-terminal-coding-system 'euc-jp)
    (set-input-method "japanese-skk")
    (set-default-buffer-file-coding-system 'euc-japan)
    (set-buffer-file-coding-system-for-read 'euc-japan)
    )
       

• 나는 히토시 입니다.
  By the way, I can not recognize the difference of pronunciation between 차 and 챠. I have always difficulty about pronunciation. It is true in not only European languages for me.