On Wednesday 27 August 2008 12:33:41 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 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.
Thanks, Johnny, Much appreciated. :-) I went straight to adept (the Kubuntu package manager), and decided to try to install synaptic, which I know and quite like. But everything not already installed is greyed out, and aptitude doesn't work either. This is a fresh install and there is obviously something wrong with my sources.list. I am trying to solve it, so there will now be a hiatus while I try to get adept going. (Or aptitude - which I prefer anyway.) Lisi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
