Hi Jim et. al. Thanks very much. I also found these documents (below).
Wow! It was easy to add this feature. I am really impressed! Hats of to the Edubuntu/Ubuntu folks! Doing the equivalent under windows in a multi-user environment is a really horrible experience! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SCIM#Using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SCIM John On Nov 15, 2007 1:14 PM, Jim Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/15/07, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > We have a Japanese language class here at the school and teachers > > would like to use OO to do basic assignments in Japanese. Can anyone > > give me a step by step or pointers to getting and IME and Japanese > > language support for OO working. The teacher feels like a full > > Japanese language desktop is too much so this is a request centered > > around OO. > > > > John, > > Try this > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JapaneseInput > > My wife uses Ubuntu and Japanese all the time. I set this up for her a > while back so I don't remember everything but I think I more or less > followed that how to. What you end up with is an icon on the panel > that allows switching between English and Japanese input. Users type > the Greek alphabet letter sounds and they are converted into hiragana. > From there they can then choose the proper kanji based on the meaning > of the word. It is essentially identical to how Japanese is input on a > Japanese computer. > > Hope that helps. > Jim > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
