---
name: "zhcon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "zhcon"
version: "1:0.2.6-20"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zhcon"
---

# zhcon(1)

fast CJK console environment for GNU/Linux and BSD

## NAME

zhcon - fast CJK console environment for GNU/Linux and BSD

## SYNOPSIS

**zhcon** \[*OPTIONS*\]... \[*FILES*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Zhcon is a fast Linux console system which supports framebuffer device. It can display Chinese, Japanese and Korean double byte characters.

Supported encodings are: GB2312, GBK, BIG5, JIS and KSC.

It can also use input methods (table based) from MS pwin98 and UCDOS for MS-DOS.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version and exit

- **--utf8**

  use iconv filter to convert UTF-8 stream from/to system encoding  (default=off)

- **--drv**=*STRING*

  specify video driver (auto, fb, ggi, vga)  (default=\`auto')

  If a program name is given as a command line argument, zhcon will run this program on start instead of a shell, and quit when the program exits.  For example:\
   zhcon screen\
   will run screen in zhcon insteal of default user shell.

## CONFIGURATION FILE

On startup, zhcon first try to load configuration from ~/.zhconrc.  If failed, it will use /etc/zhcon.conf by default. The configure file has many options that can be used to control the behavior of zhcon. See the comments in the file for instruction on customizing zhcon.

## KEY SUMMAY

CTRL\_ALT\_H:          active online help\
 ALT\_SPACE:           open/close CJK mode\
 CTRL\_SPACE:          open/close input method\
 ALT\_SPACE:           show/hide input bar\
 CTRL\_,:              toggle Full/Half char mode\
 CTRL\_.:              toggle Chinese symbol\
 CTRL\_F1:             set encode to GB2312\
 CTRL\_F2:             set encode to GBK\
 CTRL\_F3:             set encode to BIG5\
 CTRL\_F4:             set encode to JIS\
 CTRL\_F5:             set encode to KSCM\
 CTRL\_F7:             toggle between nativebar and overspot input style\
 CTRL\_F9:             toggle GB2312/BIG5 auto-detect mode\
 CTRL\_F10:            menu mode\
 CTRL\_ALT\_1 - CTRL\_ALT\_9: switch to input method 1 to 9\
 CTRL\_ALT\_0:          English mode\

History mode keys:\
 SHIFT\_PAGEUP:        scroll up half screen in history\
 SHIFT\_PAGEDOWN:      scroll down half screen in history\
 SHIFT\_ARROWUP:       scroll up one line in history\
 SHIFT\_ARROWDOWN:     scroll down one in history

## SEE ALSO

**/usr/share/doc/zhcon/README.gz,** **/usr/share/doc/zhcon/manual.ps.gz.**\

## AUTHORS

ejoy \<ejoy@users.sourceforge.net\>\
 Hu Yong \<ccpaging@etang.com\>\
 Rick Lei \<rick@chinaren.com\>

This manual page was written by Aron Xu \<happyaron.xu@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).