Menksoft
Menksoft (Mongolian: ᠮᠦᠩᠬᠡ ᠭᠠᠯ ᠰᠣᠹᠲ Müngke Gal soft, lit. "inextinguishible flame"; Chinese:
History
[edit]Menksoft was established in May 2002 by S. Soyolt (Chinese: 苏·苏雅
Corporate leadership
[edit]Menksoft holds close ties with the Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities. The Mongolian website of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities is tl.menksoft.com under the Menksoft webhost menksoft.com.
Input method series and their code
[edit]The Mongolian code used in Menksoft Mongolian IMEs has become the de facto international code of Mongolian: the largest competitor of Menksoft in Mongolian script input domain — Saiyin — wrote a "howto" for users to use Saiyin code and Menksoft code in parallel, and says "What would you do if you've already installed and registered Saiyin IME, but you want to contribute for newspaper office? They do only accept Menksoft code. Saiyin has already settled this problem for you" on a page of its website called " How to use Saiyin IME with Menksoft in parallel."[5]
Besides the integrated code converter in Menksoft Mongolian IME, there is a standalone version converter which can convert almost every Mongolian script code, except Unicode.[6]
- Input method series
The Menksoft IMEs are a collection of Input method editors (IMEs) for typing Mongolian-related scripts such as Mongolian script, Uyghurjin script, Manchu script, and Xibe script.
Menksoft Mongolian Input method series
[edit]Menksoft Mongolian IME is the only free and widely used input method editor of Menksoft.
Supported scripts include Mongolian, Uyghurjin, Manchu, Xibe, etc.
The Menksoft IMEs make use of Private Use Areas (PUA) of Unicode and the Chinese GB 18030 code that form the so-called "Menksoft Mongolian code" (Chinese:
With the influence of Chinese input methods built-in whole sentence input pattern, the focus of Menksoft Mongolian IME is not placed on a Mongolian keyboard layout, but on phoneme pattern input methods, as they are more commonly used for Chinese language text.
- For the standard Unicode keyboard layout of Menksoft, see Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Methods.
- For the word pattern IME of Menksoft, see Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method
Unicode was late to provide adequate support for the Mongolian script, where the first and as of 2009 only functional implementation is shipped with Windows Vista. This resulted in some popularity for the Menksoft IMEs in Inner Mongolia, where even the local government websites uses them.[Ref 1][Ref 2][Ref 3]
There is an English interface of Menksoft Mongolian IME, but Menksoft did not build an English installation program. People using operating systems without Chinese language support must use the Chinese installation programs (maybe mojibake) and set the language settings to English interface through the language bar after installation. Menksoft is incompatible with Macintosh operating systems.
Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method
[edit]Based on research,[7] Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method (Chinese:
In this method, you can type fewer letters than Menksoft Mongolian IME. For example, "sainjiyaga" in Menksoft Mongolian IME becomes "saijyg"; "erdemtu" becomes "eedt";[9] the word "Mongol" can be input by typing "mc;gv".
Unlike Menksoft Mongolian IME, the whole-word input method is not freeware; it is a professional and educational edition.
Supported scripts are Mongolian, clear, Manchu, and Xibe.[10]
Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Methods
[edit]Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Methods[11] (
Supported scripts are Mongolian, Uyghur-style Mongolian (Proto-Mongolian, Mongolian written in Old Uyghur alphabet by Tatar-Tonga), Clear, Manchu, Xibe, and Mongolian Cyrillic Mongolian script.[12]
Menksoft Khitan small script application system
[edit]Menksoft Kazak IME
[edit]Menksoft International Phonetic Input method
[edit]A related keyboard.[13]
Network
[edit]Menksoft Content Management System
[edit]MenkCMS Mongolian CMS System Technique Study Menksoft Web Develop Department
Fonts
[edit]- Embedded fonts of Menksoft Mongolian IME
- Menksoft Garqag
- Menksoft Hara
- Menksoft Hawang
- Menksoft Qagan
- Menksoft Scnin
- Menksoft (
Menksoft.tte
) default EUDC font ("end-user-defined character"), the only font support not only Hudum Mongolian, but also Todo, Manchu, Sibe, Uyghurjin, Phags-pa, Soyombo, Horizontal Square, etc. Not selectable in font list.
Menksoft Qagan is the standard font and looks similar to Menksoft.tte
and Mongolian Baiti. Qagan (a.k.a. Chagan) means white in Mongolian.
- Standalone
Word processing
[edit]- Mongolian WPS Office 2002
Cooperate with Kingsoft. Adopted by Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Science,[14] but the interface is poor.
Menksoft Ethnical RedFlag Linux
[edit]There is a Menksoft Ethnical RedFlag Linux.[15] There is also an Office system work in Chinese Linux (not the former Linux).[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^
内 蒙 古 自治 区 蒙 科 立 软件有限 责任公司 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-06-20. - ^
内 蒙 古 自治 区 首 批电子 政 务重点 软件企 业 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-20. - ^
第 八届中国国际软件博览会金奖 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-20. - ^
政府 信 息 公 开-包 头市信 息 化 工作 领导小 组办公 室 2008年 工作 要点 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20. - ^ "亚洲
欧 美 日 韩一 区 在 线观看 ,丁 香 五月激情综合激情综合激情,国 产精品 亚洲精 品 日 韩已满,美女 高潮 无套内 谢". www.saiyin.net. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. - ^ Founder, Saiyin (Sain-Old, Sain-New), Ming'antu, Has, NMG-HHHT-ZNDN, Mongolian Culture CMs of Mongolia
- ^ S. Soyolt; BAI Shuangcheng; LIU Yue (2005-08-31). "Research on Development of Repeated Code Words Intelligent Selection Output Method in Mongolian Whole Words Input Method" (PDF). Bulletin of National Natural Science Foundation of China. 20 (2): 97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method Archived 2009-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Baidu Zhidao
- ^ "Chinese Help File of Whole-Word & Phoneme(Not Menksoft Phoneme IMEs) IME" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ Including Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Method, Menksoft TUOTE Input Method (Todo script), Menksoft Manchu Input Method, Menksoft XIBO Input Method (Xibe script), Menksoft Slav Mongolian Input Method and Mongolian Uyghur style Mongolian Phoneme Input Method
- ^ a b Menksoft Mongolian "Yinma" Input method
- ^ Menksoft International Phonetic Input method
- ^ ""
蒙 古文 类文字 Wps Office2002"--内 蒙 古 社会 科学 院 ". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-04-30. - ^ "Ethnical Linux". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^
内 蒙 古 蒙 科 立 软件有限 责任公司 ——“和 我国 第 一 个基于LINUX汉文操作 系 统的少数 民族 多 文字 办公套件”
- ^ "Inner Mongolia, China" (in Mongolian). Inner Mongolia government. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Ordos" (in Mongolian). Ordos government. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Bayingol" (in Mongolian). Bayingol government. Archived from the original on 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
External links
[edit]- Menksoft (in Chinese)
- A website run by Menksoft (in Chinese) and (in Mongolian)
- Mongolian WPS Office 2002 Professional Edition[permanent dead link] (193MB), Unofficial Tiny Edition[permanent dead link] (45.5MB)
- Possibly Menk Mongolian Whole-Word IME[permanent dead link], Guide PDF[permanent dead link] (in traditional Mongolian)
- (in Chinese) Menksoft Mongolian IME
- (in Mongolian) Menksoft Mongolian IME (The English advertisement is the download link)
- (in Chinese and Mongolian) Mongolian site by Menksoft