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I cannot make the input method switch to a Chinese keyboard. According to the LC dictionary: "If the textFont of a field or a chunk includes a language, selecting in that field or chunk automatically switches the keyboard input method to the one for that language, ready to type text in the language." This simply does not work with OS 10.7. If the active keyboard is English, selecting a field whose textfont is "Apple LiSung Light,Chinese" does not change anything and the input text will be in English. (Conversely, if the active keyboard is "Pinyin-Traditional", the input will be Chinese even if the textfont of the selected field is "Arial".)
I am wondering if anyone has successfully managed to input Chinese characters into a field without first switching manually to a Chinese input method (traditional or simplified). Thanks for any hints.
Hubert

Hi Hubert,

The form "Apple LiSung Light,Chinese" is no longer supported (since LC 5.5, IIRC). This is probably the reason why LC is no longer able to detect which language is being used. It only knows that the current string is unicode.

I have a command line utility for Mac OS X, which gets or sets the input method. Contact me for more info.

Kind regards,

Mark