baidwwy / libtf

A library for text service framework, enables input method in game.

libtf

A library for Text Service Framework

Build

Environment

• Visual Studio Community 2019 - 16.11.0
• MSVC v142
• C++ ATL v142
• Windows SDK(10.0.19041.0)

Setup Project

cd <path-to-libtf-project>

cmake -S ./ -B ./build/build64-static-rt -DSTATIC_VC_RUNTIME=1 -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64
cmake -S ./ -B ./build/build32-static-rt -DSTATIC_VC_RUNTIME=1 -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32
cmake -S ./ -B ./build/build64 -DSTATIC_VC_RUNTIME=0 -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64
cmake -S ./ -B ./build/build32 -DSTATIC_VC_RUNTIME=0 -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32

Build

cmake --build ./build/build<64|32>[-static-rt] --config Release --target ALL_BUILD

How to use?

This is a library that can be used in a Pure C Environment

Only need to include two header files, libtf.h and libtfdef.h

What can you do with it?

• Control open status of the Input Method

• Obtain System available Input Methods as well as Keyboard Layouts，which also called Input Processor

• Obtain the localized name of the Input Processor as well as the display name of the locale it associate to

• Obtain or set the active Input Processor

• Listen for status changes of Conversion Mode and Sentence Mode

• Obtain the PreEdit text and the Candidate list of the Composition

• Hide the Candidate Window of the Input Method and draw it yourself