diff -up libchewing-0.3.0/src/chewingio.c.8-bz220694 libchewing/trunk/src/chewingio.c
--- libchewing-0.3.0/src/chewingio.c.8-bz220694	2008-01-03 07:49:12.000000000 +1000
+++ libchewing-0.3.0/src/chewingio.c	2008-01-03 07:49:12.000000000 +1000
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ CHEWING_API int chewing_set_KBType( Chew
 	return 0;
 }
 
+CHEWING_API int chewing_get_KBType( ChewingContext *ctx )
+{
+	return ctx->data->zuinData.kbtype;
+}
+
 CHEWING_API void chewing_Terminate()
 {
 	int i;
diff -up libchewing-0.3.0/src/porting_layer/src/plat_mmap_posix.c.8-bz220694 libchewing/trunk/src/porting_layer/src/plat_mmap_posix.c
--- libchewing-0.3.0/src/porting_layer/src/plat_mmap_posix.c.8-bz220694	2008-01-03 07:49:52.000000000 +1000
+++ libchewing-0.3.0/src/porting_layer/src/plat_mmap_posix.c	2008-01-03 07:50:07.000000000 +1000
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ size_t plat_mmap_create( plat_mmap *hand
 	if ( FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_READ & fileAccessAttr )
 		handle->fd = open( file, O_RDONLY );
 	else
-		handle->fd = open( file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT );
+		handle->fd = open( file, O_RDWR );
 
 	if ( handle->fd == -1 )
 		return 0;
diff -up libchewing-0.3.0/include/global.h.8-bz220694 libchewing/trunk/include/global.h
--- libchewing-0.3.0/include/global.h.8-bz220694	2006-05-15 16:49:41.000000000 +1000
+++ libchewing-0.3.0/include/global.h	2008-01-03 07:49:12.000000000 +1000
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
 #define FULLSHAPE_MODE 1
 #define HALFSHAPE_MODE 0
 
+#define DEFAULT_KBTYPE 0
+#define HSU_KBTYPE 1
+#define IBM_KBTYPE 2
+#define GINYIEH_KBTYPE 3
+#define ETEN_KBTYPE 4
+#define ETEN26_KBTYPE 5
+#define DVORAK_KBTYPE 6
+#define DVORAKHSU_KBTYPE 7
+#define HANYU_KBTYPE 8
+#define FIRST_KBTYPE DEFAULT_KBTYPE
+#define LAST_KBTYPE HANYU_KBTYPE
+
 #define MAX_KBTYPE 10
 #define MAX_SELKEY 10
 #define WCH_SIZE 4
diff -up libchewing-0.3.0/include/chewingio.h.8-bz220694 libchewing/trunk/include/chewingio.h
--- libchewing-0.3.0/include/chewingio.h.8-bz220694	2008-01-03 07:49:12.000000000 +1000
+++ libchewing-0.3.0/include/chewingio.h	2008-01-03 07:49:12.000000000 +1000
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ CHEWING_API int chewing_Reset( ChewingCo
 CHEWING_API int chewing_set_KBType( ChewingContext *ctx, int kbtype );
 
 /**
+ * @breif Set keyboard type
+ *
+ * @param ctx
+ * @return If successed then return 0
+ */
+CHEWING_API int chewing_get_KBType( ChewingContext *ctx );
+
+/**
  * @brief Terminate chewing
  *
  * Terminate the I/O routines for chewing.
@@ -114,11 +122,11 @@ CHEWING_API void chewing_Terminate();
 CHEWING_API void chewing_set_ChiEngMode( ChewingContext *ctx, int mode );
 
 /**
- * @brief Get chewing's current mode
+ * @brief Get chewing's current keyboard type
  *
  * @param ctx
  * 
- * @return CHINESE_MODE or ENGLISH_MODE
+ * @return DEFAULT_KBTYPE or HANYU_KBTYPE
  */
 CHEWING_API int chewing_get_ChiEngMode( ChewingContext *ctx );