curt> Now I'm looking for that same method for use with xcin. xcin has a curt> pinyin input, but it's not like cxterm's method. At the end of the day curt> I want to use emacs-mule for editing, so I'm focusing on getting xcin to curt> work. If you do not mind to input Chinese(Big5) one by one in Emacs by pinyin with a tone, type C-x RET C-\ chinese-py-b5 then you can do that. Regards, --Wen wen@japan.email.ne.jp