Hehe, well, I'm probably no where as knowledgable as half of you here.. but, currently, I view Traditional vs Simplified Chinese as two different ways to "spell" in the same language...
For example, in the English language, there are even some differences between how words are composed. In Canada, people tend to spell certain words with extra u's in them. Examples, favourite, neighbour, honour, colour. Where as in the United States, those words are spelt favorite, neighbor, honor, color.
Also, in other places:
prioritize/prioritise
specialize/specialise
etc..
Perhaps I'm making a generalization.. but I don't see how this is too different from Simplified versus Traditional Chinese.
But at any rate.. just regarding the IMEs.. I found this in a mailing list regarding the input method I use in Linux:
Quote:
As Kitae said, Smart Pinyin is for simplified
Chinese, but you can get traditional Chinese characters using '中' or '繁'.
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The 中 method is the original one that I was using, which still shows the simplified first. However, the other method (I haven't learned that character yet) seems to list traditional characters first!
Oh, and hooliganj, you do seem to be right about most IMEs learning which characters I use more often. I have yet to get back into Windows to figure it out. I assume it should be similar to changing the mode from 中 into the other one.