#+TITLE: Chinese contribution layer for Spacemacs
[[file:img/China.png]]  [[file:img/Chinese.png]]


* Table of Contents                                         :TOC_4_org:noexport:
 - [[Description][Description]]
 - [[Install][Install]]
   - [[Layer][Layer]]
   - [[Configuration][Configuration]]
     - [[Configure the Default Input Method(配置默认中文输入法)][Configure the Default Input Method(配置默认中文输入法)]]
     - [[Configure the =Chinese-pyim= Input Method(配置中文拼音输入法)][Configure the =Chinese-pyim= Input Method(配置中文拼音输入法)]]
     - [[Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)][Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)]]
     - [[Set monospaced font size(设置等宽字体）][Set monospaced font size(设置等宽字体）]]
 - [[Key Bindings][Key Bindings]]
   - [[Youdao Dictionary][Youdao Dictionary]]
   - [[Find-by-pinyin-dired][Find-by-pinyin-dired]]

* Description
This Layer adds Chinese related packages:
- [[https://github.com/tumashu/chinese-pyim][chinese-pyim]] : The best Chinese Pinyin(拼音) input method.
- [[https://github.com/andyque/chinese-wbim][chinese-wbim]]: The best Chinese Wubi(五笔) input method.
- [[https://github.com/xuchunyang/youdao-dictionary.el][youdao-dictionary]]: The Youdao(有道) Dictionary interface for Emacs.
- [[https://github.com/redguardtoo/find-by-pinyin-dired][find-by-pinyin-dired]]: Find file by first Pinyin characters of Chinese Hanzi.
- [[https://github.com/cute-jumper/ace-pinyin][ace-pinyin]]: Jump to Chinese character by pinyin with `ace-jump-mode'.
- [[https://github.com/coldnew/pangu-spacing][coldnew/pangu-spacing]] : emacs minor-mode to add space between Chinese and English characters.
- Join consecutive Chinese lines into a single long line without unwanted space when exporting org-mode to html.

* Install
** Layer
To use this contribution add it to your =~/.spacemacs=

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(chinese))
#+END_SRC

** Configuration
*** Configure the Default Input Method(配置默认中文输入法)
The default Chinese input method is =Chinese-pyim=, if you are a Wubi(五笔) user, 
you could set the variable `chinese-default-input-method` to 'wubi:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
    (chinese :variables chinese-default-input-method 'wubi)))
#+end_src

*** Configure the =Chinese-pyim= Input Method(配置中文拼音输入法)
When the first time you use =Chinese-pyim=, you should install the lexicon(词库)
file. You could call =pyim-dicts-manager= to open up the settings buffer and
press =i e= to install the default lexicon. The lexicon is about 20M, so you
should be patient when downloading starts. After the lexicon file is downloaded,
just press =s= to save and =R= to restart configuration.
*** Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)
The YouDao Dictionary is disabled by default, if you want enable it.
You should set `chinese-enable-youdao-dict` to `t`.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '((chinese :variables
                                                             chinese-enable-youdao-dict t)))

#+END_SRC


*** Set monospaced font size(设置等宽字体）
If you are mixing Chinese words with English words, the text is not perfectly
aligned in org table. That's because normally the Chinese font size is not equal
to the English font size. You could call =spacemacs//set-monospaced-font= with
your own Chinese font name in =dotspacemacs/user-config= function.

Example configuration:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
;; Note: The Hiragino Sans GB is bundled with MacOS X. 
;; If you are not using MacOS X, you should change it to another Chinese font name.
(spacemacs//set-monospaced-font   "Source Code Pro" "Hiragino Sans GB" 14 16)
#+END_SRC


* Key Bindings
Currently, there are no built-in key bindings for this layer. You could define
your own preference.

Here are a few suggested key bindings (remember that ~SPC o~ is reserved for
personal usage, spacemacs won´t put any binding under this prefix):

** Youdao Dictionary
Bind ~SPC o y~  to =youdao-dictionary-search-at-point+=.

** Find-by-pinyin-dired
Bind ~SPC o d~ to =find-by-pinyin-dired=