On Saturday 05 July 2008 13:06:39 M Henri Day wrote: > 2008/7/5 Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Saturday 05 July 2008 05:18:25 H.S. wrote: > > > In scim, to toggle between two inputs one just has to do CTRL+SPACE > > > combination (other combination can be configured). Much faster than > > > moving to the mouse, clicking and coming back to the keyboard for > > > typing. > > > > > > :) > > > > I still haven't discovered how to enter Japanese characters direct from > > the keyboard. But _1_ click of the mouse (on the uim input pad), > > followed by another one click for the next character is certainly > > quicker. (E.g. click-click-click - 3 clicks - instead of Chi-hi-ro -7 > > letters input from the > > keyboard.) > > > > But my granddaughter agrees with you and wants to use the keyboard, so > > any pointers would be very welcome. > > > > Lisi > > Lisi, we're all (almost all ?) here to help other OOo users (and/or their > granddaughters) with their problems, to the extent that our own expertise > and/or experience permits. Should a suggested solution fail to work, just > come back to the list and we'll try threshing it out again ! Inputting > Japanese glyphs (漢字, 平仮名, 片仮名) directly from the keyboard using SCIM should > be no problem, but there may be slight differences in just how the latter > is to be configured from distro to distro. In Ubuntu, which with I am most > familiar, following the instructions on the help page to which I provided a > link (http://tinyurl.com/275sb8) should suffice. I don't remember which > distro you use, but I am certain that with the aid of all the experts on > this forum, we shall be able to resolve the problem to your granddaughter's > satisfaction. And by the way, I agree with her - it is *much* easier and > faster to enter glyphs directly from the keyboard than to hunt them down in > a list and click them in !... > > Henri
Henri - I am taking you (and any other kind souls) up, and doing so litterally. I hope you meant it. I ran out of time again last time, but I am still struggling and it is now urgent. I have installed Kubuntu 8.04 on my granddaughter's laptop, and I started with the URL you recommend. But I fell at the first hurdle. And this time I must get it going, even if I work non-stop at nothing else for a week. The instructions say: 1. Select KMenu -> System -> Language Support (in Kubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 it is KMenu -> System Settings -> Regional & Language -> Add language) 2. Select Chinese from the language list, click 'Apply', and allow the package manager Adept to finish downloading the language pack (I have to read Japanese for Chinese, no big deal) But when I get as far as "Add language" I am offered nothing but US English. It won't even let me have UK English - let alone Japanese. So once again I am completely stuck. Help! As I say, it has now become urgent. And I shall stick at it until I succeed, however long that may be. TIA Lisi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
