New Members Deborah Posted February 4, 2014 at 03:41 PM New Members Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 at 03:41 PM I have used Pinyinput in the past with total satisfaction. But I bought a new (refurbished) computer and am having trouble downloading it. I get the error message: "The file Pinyinput 1.1.1. cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents. Microsoft Office cannot open this file because some parts are missing or invalid." I have Windows 7. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 6, 2014 at 02:53 AM Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 at 02:53 AM It sounds like the file didn't download properly. I've sent you the direct download link via email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 6, 2014 at 06:39 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 at 06:39 AM Thank you so much for sharing this. I am gonna check this out as soon as possible. Until now, when needed, I always used the "Pinyin Converter" from http://www.chinese-tools.com. It really worked fine but of course it is quite 麻烦。So if this really works (on a mac), then I would be really grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 6, 2014 at 07:22 AM Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 at 07:22 AM It doesn't work on a Mac yet, however I've had a number of people express interest in a Mac version so I'm thinking about maybe writing one. I might try running a kick starter campaign to see if there is enough interest to fund its development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 7thstage Posted February 28, 2014 at 01:45 AM New Members Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 at 01:45 AM Thanks. Works fine and quite easy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburkle Posted March 18, 2014 at 02:25 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 at 02:25 PM imron, love your work on Pinyinput. I noticed you're thinking about a Mac version... what would you do that MacPinyin doesn't already do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted March 18, 2014 at 09:23 PM Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 at 09:23 PM Firstly it would be supported, unlike MacPinyin which appears to be abandoned. Secondly it would have all the extra features of pinyinput (checked/vs unchecked, diacritics vs combining chars, support for different keyboard layouts e.g. french, dvorak etc). Finally, I recall MacPinyin being a bit awkward to use sometimes and lacking a bit in polish, so Pinyinput would address that also. Things are still only in the 'thinking' stage at the moment because I have other priorities to work on and this would take up a bunch of time. I've thought about doing a kickstarter and would need around $2,500 for it to be viable. Which is about $10 each for 250 people. Currently the Pinyinput site gets about 100 Mac visitors a month, how many of them would be willing to support a kickstarter is another matter entirely though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburkle Posted March 19, 2014 at 05:36 PM Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 at 05:36 PM Well imron, that sounds pretty decent, actually being supported would be nice. I'd be willing to toss a few bucks your way for it. Just don't know how much of a stretch $2500 is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.J. Posted April 21, 2014 at 07:52 AM Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 at 07:52 AM This software is awesome. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted April 21, 2014 at 11:32 AM Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 at 11:32 AM Glad you like it. Be sure to check out my other software (see signature), which is awesome too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachhoy Posted June 5, 2014 at 09:27 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 at 09:27 AM This is a great tool. I've been frustrated for years switching between Wenlin and whatever program I'm using to input pinyin diacritical markers. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 5, 2014 at 09:39 AM Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 at 09:39 AM Glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommie C. Posted June 5, 2014 at 01:43 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 at 01:43 PM For users with Mac OS X there is a natural alternative. One can use the built in MacOSX input methods and tools. I've put together the files and instructions that I use and posted the links on my profile. I made a short video demo (~58 secs) of some of these tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth_rb Posted September 1, 2014 at 01:03 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 at 01:03 PM wǒ xiàzaille. gǎnxiè! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth_rb Posted September 3, 2014 at 07:48 AM Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 at 07:48 AM OK, now I'm having problems with it. It works when selected with most things, no problem, BUT when I go into my Documents folder and try to name or rename something, pinyinput comes up, even when deselected and I cannot turn it off. As it will only allow certain letters and combos, I also cannot name my files as I like! Help! Added later: OK, it's stopped now, but it really shouldn't do this at all, 对不对？ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 3, 2014 at 10:14 AM Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 at 10:14 AM You are possibly accidentally hitting the windows keyboard shortcut for changing the current keyboard and/or input method. This will be Alt-Shift to change the country locale and Ctrl-Shift to change the keyboard within that country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth_rb Posted September 3, 2014 at 06:42 PM Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 at 06:42 PM It wasn't that, no. It auto-selected pinyinput when I entered the file explorer through my camera upload, odd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 4, 2014 at 01:38 AM Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 at 01:38 AM Well keep an eye out for it and let me know if it happens again. Pinyinput should only come in to focus through the standard Windows mechanisms for switching to an IME. These include (but there might be other ways too): The keyboard shortcuts mentioned above Selecting it from the language bar Setting it as your default IME It doesn't have any code in it that makes it active or come to focus on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members klaatu Posted September 4, 2014 at 08:14 PM New Members Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 at 08:14 PM HiThis is so exactly what I was wanting to find! Just starting out, and need to focus on pronunciation and spelling, this is the ticket. Came by way of Pinyin Joe. Thank you for doing this, so much. However, I am not getting something quite right, this "It works at the system level, and so it will allow you to type pīnyīn with tones in any Windows program" is eluding me...It works fine in notepad or wordpad, but nothing in notepad++, and more to my need, it does not appear for me when using the alibaba trademanager chat application When I have several text input applications open, it vanishes when I make either of these two windows active. Is there something known about this, a magic fix?My (win7) system is having trouble with displaying the language bar, so atm I use the left alt shift to enable/disable, and that works, showing the pinyinput tool when I select an editor that it seems happy with.The only thing I can think of is that these two applications are running as standalone apps in a folder, from a flashdrive, rather than being installed in the system. Is that my problem?I'd almost rather have Elizabeth's issue where I can't turn it off Hmm, I just noticed I can't use it here in my FF browser either, which is also a portable standalone, a little more reclusive than the other two, a vmware thinapp running in its own sandbox. wahMight not be a fix then, oh well. Noted anyway, if you have any thoughts. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 5, 2014 at 01:45 AM Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 at 01:45 AM I've just tested it in both Alibaba Trade Manager and Notepad++ and it appears to be working for me (see attached screenshots). Can you try manually enabling your language bar and changing to Pinyinput from there? This can be done from the control panel: Region and Language -> Keyboards and Language -> Change Keyboards -> Language Bar then configuring it as in the picture below. Then let me know if you still have problems in those programs when manually selecting Pinyinput from the language bar. Also, what other IMEs if any do you have installed and do they work in these programs or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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