Editing Korean language and computers (section)

== Modern text input ==
{{See also-text|[[Microsoft Windows#Multilingual support|Windows multilingual support]]|[[Input method]]|[[List of input methods for Unix platforms|List of input methods for Unix]]|[[Japanese input method]]|[[Chinese input methods for computers|Chinese input methods]]}}
[[File:KB South Korea.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|alt=South Korean computer keyboard|South Korean standard {{lang|ko-Latn|Dubeolsik}} ('two-set type') layout]]
[[File:KB North Korea.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|alt=North Korean keyboard, slightly different from its South Korean counterpart|North Korean {{lang|ko-Latn|Dubeolsik}} layout]]

[[File:Typing 있습니다 in Dubeolsik keyboard layout.gif|thumb|upright=1.8|alt=Animated keyboard input|South Korean Dubeolsik typing example]]
On a Korean computer keyboard, text is typically entered by pressing a key for the appropriate [[Hangul#Letters|jamo]]; the operating system creates each composite character on the fly. Depending on the Input method editor and keyboard layout, double consonants can be entered by holding the shift button. When all jamo making up a syllabic block has been entered, the user may initiate a conversion to [[hanja]] (or other special characters) using a keyboard shortcut or interface button; South Korean keyboards have a key for this. Subsequent semi-automated hanja conversion is supported in varying degrees by word processors.

When using a keyboard with another language, most operating systems require the user to type with an original Korean keyboard layout; the most common is [[Keyboard layout#Dubeolsik|Dubeolsik]]. In other languages, such as Japanese, text can be entered on non-native keyboards with [[romanization]].

Operating systems such as [[Linux]] allow ''engine/hangul/hangul-keyboard='ro'', resulting in a [[Romanization of Korean|''romaja'']] keyboard; typing "seonggye" results in {{langx|ko|nocat=yes|성계}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/libhangul/ibus-hangul|title = Libhangul/Ibus-hangul|website = [[GitHub]]|date = May 29, 2021}}</ref> In this configuration, ㄲ is obtained by "gg" rather than {{key press|shift|G}}. This allows keying "jasanGun" to obtain {{langx|ko|nocat=yes|자산군}}, instead of keying "jasangun" (which would provide {{langx|ko|nocat=yes|자상운}}).

=== {{anchor|Pre-division of Korea}}Before Korean division ===
Korean text input is related to Korean typewriters ({{lang|ko-Hang|타자기}}) before computers. according to Jang Bong Seon, [[Horace Grant Underwood]] made a Korean typewriter during the first decade of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=한글풀어쓰기교본|publisher=한풀문화사(Hanpul)|year=1989|page=84|last=장 |first=봉선}}</ref>  In 1927, Song Ki Joo invented the first Dubeolsik typewriter in Chicago.

=== {{anchor|Division of Korea}}After division ===
South Korea originally had a Nebeolsik standard, but Dubeolsik became standard in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theme.archives.go.kr//next/hangeulPolicy/mechanization.do|title=한글 타자 자판표준화 등 한글 기계화(1969년)|website=theme.archives.go.kr}}</ref>