2008/8/27 Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > I don't know much about Scim, but it seems to me that you are missing some language support on your system. I would have launched Synaptic (System → Administration → Synaptic on Ubuntu, I guess it's placed somewhere else in Kubuntu but it shouldn't be impossible to find, or you can just type synaptic or possibly sudo synaptic in a terminal) and started searching for something like Japanese or jp using its search function. Well, this is only a guess, but I figured it better to share my guesses than just being quiet. J.R.
