National Language Support Guide and Reference

Cyrillic Input Method (CIM)

The Cyrillic Input Method (CIM) is similar to the Single-Byte Input Method, except that it is customized for processing the Cyrillic keyboard. The features of CIM are as follows:

• Supports Cyrillic and Latin states.You can toggle between the two states by pressing the Alt key and the Left or Right Shift key simultaneously.
  Note
  The Alt-Graphic (Right Alt) key can be used to generate additional characters within each keyboard layer.
• For the Russian and Bulgarian locales, both 101-key and 102-key keyboard drivers are supported.
• Supports the ISO8859-5 code set.

Keymap

The following keymaps are supported on the CIM:

• bg_BG.ISO8859-5.imkeymap
• mk_MK.ISO8859-5.imkeymap
• sr_SP.ISO8859-5.imkeymap
• ru_RU.ISO8859-5.imkeymap
• be-BY.ISO8859-5.imkeymap
• uk-UA.ISO8859-5.imkeymap

Keysyms

The CIM uses the keysyms in the XK_CYRILLIC, XK_LATIN1, and XK_MISCELLANY groups.

The following reserved keysyms are unique to the input method of this system:

Modifiers

The following modifiers are supported on CIM:

The following internal modifier is supported on CIM: