In 2006, I agreed to release the source code of the x-unikey package (originally developed for Linux) under the MIT license to Apple, so that they could use the code to build the Vietnamese keyboard input in Mac OS X. From Mac OS X Leopard, released in 2007, Apple has integrated UniKey Vietnamese Input Method in the the built-in Vietnamese input of Mac OS. From 2010, the engine has also been integrated to the built-in Vietnamese keyboard in iOS (starting from iOS 4.0). So the UniKey engine is now running in all macOS computers, iPhones, iPads that have the Vietnamese keyboard input.
- Download Unikey Cho Macbook
- Download Unikey Cho Mach
- Download Unikey Cho Macbook Pro
- Download Unikey Cho Macbook
Picture below shows the Vietnamese keyboard called Simple Telex in macOS, which uses the Unikey Vietnamese Input Method engine.
In iOS, you can find the Apple’s acknowlegdment of the use of UniKey source code in Settings - General - About - Legal - Legal Notices, as shown below.
The default filenames for the program's installer are UniKeyNT.exe, UniKey.exe, UniKeyNTmgr.exe, unikeynt.exe or UniKeyNT.exe etc. The following versions: 4.3, 4.2 and 4.0 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. The latest version of UniKey can be downloaded for PCs running Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10, both 32 and 64-bit. You just need to download a Zip file, unzip it, and run UniKey directly. If you obtained installation app, it's not from our official distribution source. You should go to unikey.org and download official UniKey.
X-Unikey
X-Unikey is Unikey ported to Linux and FreeBSD. X-Unikey lets you type Vietnamese in X Window environment. It has been tested with many popular programs, such as OpenOffice, emacs, vim, QT applications, GTK applications… X-Unikey has all the features of the Windows version, except that its GUI is still too simplified. All options are set through configuration file or keyboard shortcuts.
Download X-Unikey
- Source code: x-unikey 1.0.4
X-Unikey User Manual in Vietnamese
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(User Manual in English is provided in the above packages)
- X-Unikey Manual, HTML, edited by Pham Thanh Long.
- X-Unikey Manual, PDF, LaTeX typesetting by Phan Vinh Thinh.
UVConverter
UVConverter is a universal command-line Vietnamese encoding converter which supports all popular charsets/encodings (Unicode, UTF8, TCVN3, VNI…). UVConverter is available in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
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- UVConverter 1.1.3b for Windows (12 KB).
- UVConverter 1.1.3b - Source code.
X-Chat Autovn Plugin
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Autovn is a plugin for X-Chat that automatically converts all messages from VIQR encoding to UTF-8 encoding.
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Pine Vietnamese HOWTO
This HOWTO shows how Pine can be setup to read and write Vietnamese emails. One special feature is the ability to automatically convert back and forth between VIQR and Unicode charsets as you read or send emails. Emails received in VIQR charset can be viewed as if they were written in unicode!
All software in this page are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.