An IME for Shanghainese, using Edkins romanisation.
Instructions for Shanghainese Input
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Download Rime input from https://rime.im/download/ and install by going into the folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Rime and clicking on WeaselSetup.exe.
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Download Edkins Input from this repo. (just the .dict file and the .schema file will do)
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If you are unsure how to download from github, just click on the button code and you will see a button called download Zip. Press on that and you will be able to download
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Navigate to the Rime inputs folder: C:\Users[name]\AppData\Roaming\Rime
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Open the extracted Edkins file and drag the files edkins.dict.yaml edkins.schema.yaml into the Rime inputs folder and it should look something like this:
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Open default.custom.yaml file using notepad and type in - {schema: edkins} under the schema_list and hit save.
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Then go to the language input method bar on the bottom left of the windows screen and right click on the Gray 中 (or Red A) button; and click on the 重新部署 (R) to redeploy the input.
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You should be good to go. To type in Shanghainese, switch to the Rime keyboard -> type ctrl + ~ and choose 上海閑話
How to use:
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY INSTALLED RIME:
See Instructions for RIME installation.pdf
- Afterwards, download ZIP and only extract the dict.yaml and the schema.yaml files to the Rime folder in the Roaming directory.
- Modify the default.custom.yaml file to include this IME by adding the line
- {schema: edkins}to it. - Re-deploy.
If you need any further assistance, here's our Discord server: https://discord.gg/2qRymM7KFY. Alternatively, flag issues as usual in the Issues tab.