On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:59, you wrote: > I have a school at which I am gradually introducing Linux (Mepis 6.5) to > the computers for the students. > > They do not use them for lessons, just for browsing the Internet, IM and > email and a little use of OpenOffice. > > They want the ability to switch to other languages easily. > > I have figured out how to add support for other languages but wondered if > list members have recommendations for the easiest way to switch. > > I thought about having users (e.g. student, kstudent, jstudent, cstudent) > with the appropriate language preset so when they login they are good to > go. Previously they just shared one username (student) and were stuck > with English. > > Any advice?
No specific advice, but I did recently get Japanese input going. Don't ask me how- I followed half a dozen disjointed websites each with a tiny fragment of conflicting information regarding this. What I seem to have ended up with is 'scim' and 'anthy'. I think they support many input languages, but I have only installed Japanese. You can toggle the input method with shift-space or select it from a panel icon. Obviously the display, or output, is dependent on specific language fonts being present. I'd suggest that any user should have access to all languages, since it is tedious to log in and out, and any single lesson might encompass more than one language anyway. So far I have managed to enter Japanese into OpenOffice, and pretty much all of the KDE apps I have tried. Skype works too (for text-chat) but you need to set an environment variable before calling it or it will crash. HTH, A
