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
Lisi, the link i provided in my earlier posting was for users of the Gnome GUI ; Kubuntu uses KDE by default and here the appropriate SCIM installation link for them would rather seem to be the following : http://tinyurl.com/yvnrqh. Please note that this abbreviated link, which I use here to avoid the risk of its being distorted in transmission as is wont to happen to longer links, is a so-called preview link, which when clicked shows the original URL, thus allowing the user to make an informed choice as to whether he or she will proceed to the site in question. I've checked it myself, and it leads precisely where it should. As you will see, to add language support in Kubuntu one uses the following procedure : *KMenu → System Settings → Regional & Language → Add language. As I myself *use Gnome rather than KDE, I've not tested these instructions, but if they are as good as those posted for Gnome users, they should serve to resolve your problem. Please report back and let us know how this works for you !... Henri
