MaaJik /ma˥ jɪk̚˨/ (孖翼, "a pair of wings") is a work-in-progress Cantonese machine shorthand theory. This repository contains an implementation of it for Plover, including a system plugin and dictionaries.
- Install the
plover-maajikpackage through Plover's Plugins Manager. - Restart Plover.
- Go to Configure > System, and change your system to
MaaJik.
See the documentation included in this repository for a detailed explanation of how the MaaJik theory works.
The base dictionaries are in the maajik/dictionaries directory. Below is the recommended dictionary order:
user.json– Empty, add your own entries herecommands.json– Formatting and control commandspunctuation.json- Punctuation outlinesbriefs.json– Briefs for common words and phrasescangjie.json– Cangjie fingerspelling entriescangjie.py(optional, requiresplover-python-dictionaryplugin) – Visual indication of Cangjie code inputbase.json– Phonetic entries
A Steno Explainers infographic of the basic phonetic chords is also available:
