Curtis Brune wrote: ...
I have a couple of questions: a) chinese punctuation input -- using the pinyin input how do I enter a "chinese" comma? or a "chinese" question mark? By "chinese" I mean the one in the "kai" font, not the little regular one. For that matter where are the pinyin mapping files kept? I assume there's some file (human readable) that details the pinyin input method -- but I can't find it.
You can use "chinese-punct" input method. That means you have to shift from "chinese-py" to "chinese-punct" and backwards from time to time. "chinese-py-punct" should do the trick, but it seems to be not working as expected. I don't know why and didn't try to learn more about that, because I'm not using it. I use a self-made input method ("chinese-zm") which incorporates punctuations.
Best!