Make a "home" for Xiaohe Yinxing

I changed jobs recently. My colleague saw that it was amazing when I was typing (I used Feiyang at the time, and the candidate bar was closed), and asked me what input method I used. . I would be very happy if I could spread the word about the Xiaohe sound shape, but at work, I have never seen anyone using the Xiaohe sound shape.

I was also four years ago. Since I couldn't bear the high code rate of the Quanpin input method, I had the idea of learning the Wubi input method, but Wubi completely depends on the shape and the learning cost is high, so I turned to the online voice comparison method. Tall little cranes double fight !

Of course, Xiaohe Shuangpin is just a double-pinning scheme, which only reduces the code length, but does not reduce the repeated code rate at all; if you want to reduce the repeated code rate, of course, you need to increase the shape! I also learned Xiaohe Shuangpin first and then slowly added the shape.

With the program, we also need an input method software. Xiaohe officially provides the input method (or input method configuration method) on each platform. For example, the Windows platform is provided by the official Feiyang , the Mac platform is the mouse whisker , the iPhone's iRime , and the Android's Xiaohe Shuangpin input method ( Also provided by the official).

Of course, there are many input methods available, but it is not easy to find the most suitable input method software. Let's chat on multiple platforms one by one.

iPhone

1. iRime input method

Features:

1. free!
2. The earlier version has built-in Xiaohe sound shape scheme, the latest version does not have it, it needs to be manually configured, of course, Xiaohe officially provides a configuration method
3. Powerful and configurable
4. UI is non-native (that's why I didn't stick with it)

2. R0utered input method X

Features:

1. Paid, subscription system (￥198 a year)
2. Powerful
3. The UI is the same as the native one, and the input is smooth
4. Some functions may have compatibility issues with some software, which can be fixed by feedback to the developer

3. Qingge input method

Features:

1. free
2. UI is also good, some functional ideas are great, such as buffer left or right optional
3. No compatibility problems were found during use, but the delete key is very slow when deleting the entire line, and it seems that I can't keep up when typing fast (personal experience)
4. In addition, if you use an iPad, you can use Qingge WordPad, you can use the Bluetooth keyboard to type on the iPad

Of course, Xiaohe Yinxing can also be hooked to other input methods, but unlike the above input methods, you can directly replace the code table, and the hooked input method cannot use the functions of the four-code unique screen. The typing experience isn't great.

I finally chose drop input method X, this year is the second year to subscribe

Mac

1. Rat whisker tube

Features:

1. open source, free
2. Strong configurability
3. I don't quite understand the mode of state management in Chinese and English. In short, there are many unpleasant places in the process of using it.

2. R0uter macOS 3

Features:

1. Fee, buyout system (￥88)
2. Native UI, great experience

3. Qingge input method

Features:

1. free
2. The experience is good, and there are many fewer problems than the mouse whiskers

4. Baidu Wubi

I have also tried to use Baidu Wubi hook. Baidu input method is very standard from a product point of view, and the UI is also very textured. The only problem is that it can only be hooked up and cannot replace the code table. Choose Baidu Wubi

In the end I chose R0uter macOS 3, after all, it can be bought out, and the UI is great

Windows

1. fly

Features:

1. Officially provided
2. It may also be based on the multi-input method generator. There are quite a lot of compatibility problems in Windows, and the status bar usually cannot synchronize the input state of course.
3. Also, there is a problem with the Chinese and English state management mode, which is the easiest to trigger in some IDEs

2. Bingling Wubi Input Method

Features:

1. The stopwatch is configurable
2. full functioning
3. The Chinese and English statuses are managed by application, and there are no problems encountered in Feiyang
4. Personal recommendation, I also found this input method to use yesterday (2022-08-29), and the current experience is good

3. Little Wolf Howe

Features:

1. In English, the icon is A (both upper and lower case are displayed like this), which is very unfriendly

Summarize

Why I choose back and forth between so many input methods may be because of the needs of special users for a product. Input solutions such as Xiaohe Sound and Shape are mainly for Chinese input, but as a programmer, I need to switch back and forth between Chinese and English in different scenarios, so it is easy to find some problems with the input method program.

Combined with personal experience, we recommend input methods for each platform:

• iPhone

  • Qingge input method
  • iRime input method
  • drop box to enter X

• Mac

  • Qingge input method
  • R0uter macOS 3

• Windows

  • Bingling Wubi input method

Xiaohe configuration method of Qingge input method and Bingling Wubi input method can be private