On Friday 02 August 2002 08:38, utuhiro wrote: > Mandrake's kinput2 is not easy to use. > > In Mandrake: > XIM ON: shift+space > XIM OFF: shift+\ > How to input Japanese "n": type "n" > > Most distributions: > XIM ON: shift+space > XIM OFF: shift+space > How to input Japanese "n": type "nn"
1) I beg to differ on the shift+space vs. ctrl+\ issue: Both my wife and I hit shift+space by accident all the time -- when typing in simple commands like grep '^ $' foo_* and thereby we accidentally switch to Japanese input mode when we intend to write in English. Having it both start and stop the kinput2 would make matters even worse since that would cause us trouble also when we're writing in Japanese! I am fully aware of the fact that it's customary to have shift+space toggle between Japanese input mode and ascii input mode and have ctrl+\ turn off the Japanese input mode, but I fully support the Mandrake keystrokes in this regard. Actually, we would like the most to abolish the shift+space keystroke for kinput2, but that would be to stray too far from the conventions, I guess. 2) I fully agree with you on the "n" versus "nn" issue, but I have no idea where to change that. 3) wnn vs. canna: I have no idea, never tried canna. Narfi.
