Hi, At Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:27:44 +0100 (CET), Gernot Jander wrote:
> I have some applications for reading, editing and learning Japanese > which are until now based on the kinput2/canna input method. As far as > i can see, this method is bound to the EUC encoding. > Is there any other input method known, that uses utf-8 and works with > the ja_JP.utf-8 locale? Or is any work in progress for Japanese input > with utf-8 which i can join? kinput2 supports both of kinput2 and XIM protocols. (It also supports a few other protocols). Note that kinput(2) protocol is developed before the standardization of X Window System internationalization and is now obsolete. When you are using XIM protocol (X11R6's standard), you can input Japanese character using kinput2 into softwares which are running under ja_JP.UTF-8 locale. For example, you can input Japanese into xterm under UTF-8 locale using kinput2. Thus, we don't need to develop UTF-8-based Japanese input methods. OffTopic: I also want Yudit to adopt XIM protocol instead of kinput2 protocol. There are a few Japanese input method softwares such as kinput2, skkinput, xwnmo, and so on. (Note that I am not saying about the backend conversion engine). All of them support XIM protocol while only kinput2 supports kinput2 protocol. Moreover, there are Korean and Chinese XIM servers such as Ami and XCIN. --- Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/ "Introduction to I18N" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/ -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
