CSTARTEND(7)

✨ NAME ✨

cstartend — cWnn startup and termination, aka the whole "how do I turn this thing on and how do I turn it off" saga 💖

(oh and btw, this is a section 7 page from the Miscellaneous Information Manual, so it's lore, not a command you run. iykyk 🦋)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay bestie, listen. There are four steps here and they go in order. Do not freestyle, do not skip ahead, we are doing this properly. 🌸

1. Startup of cserver

To start up cWnn, first, you need to start the cserver. Type the following command at the C Shell prompt:

%  cserver  <CR>

The default path of cserver is /usr/local/bin/cWnn4/. If the user has not set this path, he can either set it and type the command directly, or type the full pathname of cserver while executing this command.

cserver will only be started up once. That's it, one time, no duplicates. You may confirm the existence of cserver by using the cwnnstat command. 👑

2. Startup of client module, cuum

After starting cserver, the cWnn client module cuum may be started up.

To start cuum, type the following command at the C Shell prompt of a Chinese window:

%  cuum  <CR>

To activate other input environments, you may use the -r option of the cuum command together with the default path of that environment. For example, to activate Pinyin input environment, do the following:

%  cuum  -r  /usr/local/lib/wnn/zh_CN/rk_p  <CR>

The default path for cuum is /usr/local/bin/cWnn4/. Many cuum's may be started at the same time on different windows. Each of them will be registered as a client at the cserver. it's giving hive mind, lowkey 🐝

After a startup message, the client module, cuum, is ready to be used.

• To enter the input mode, press ^\.
• To leave the input mode, press ^\ again.
• To confirm the existence of cuum, you may also use ^\.

3. Termination of cuum

In order to terminate a client process, press ^D. ✨

The cserver will save all the usage frequency files and dictionaries of the particular client and terminate the connection between itself and that client. so it remembers everything you did. iconic behaviour tbh 💅

4. Termination of cserver

To terminate the cserver, type the following command:

% cwnnkill  <CR>

If some other clients still exist, a message will be displayed. In this case, you have to terminate all other client modules before you can terminate the cserver. no shortcuts, bestie 😭

💅 NOTE 💅

1. For details, refer to cWnn Manual Ver.4.1, Chapter 2. 📖

this page dropped on 13 May 1992 and it lives at CSTARTEND(7). periodt 💜🦋