Problems with Mac OS X 10.4.8 / Trad. Chinese Hanin / ZhuYin Std IM on German Keyb.

[hanyu_xuesheng]

Hi:

using Traditional Chinese "Hanin / ZhuYin Standard" input method on a German

MacBook with German Keyboard I encounter the following problems:

1. German Z = wrong Zhuyin ㄈ .... should be Zhuyin ㄗ = US: Y

2. German Y = wrong Zhuyin ㄗ .... should be Zhuyin ㄈ = US: Z

3. German - = wrong Zhuyin ㄦ .... should be Zhuyin ㄥ = US: /

The first two are not a big problem, but the third hinders me from

typing "Zhuyin ㄥ", which make this input method crippled and unusable.

E.g. I am unable to type "ㄆㄧㄥ" (Pinyin "ping"), because typing it

results in: "ㄆㄧㄦ" which is nonsense.

Even a taiwanese pc usb keyboard is of no help - the same wrong

result.

Any hints how to solve this??

I am quite disappointed about my Mac as I expected better software

quality from Apple.

Thanks in advance.

[gougou]

I use a German keyboard with American keyboard mapping, too. You can get the '-' by pressing the 'ß' key. If you do your standard writing with the American keyboard layout as well, you will get used to the few differences very soon!