2008/8/28 Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wednesday 27 August 2008 21:46:39 H.S. wrote: > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > But I'm immediately stuck again. I am following (or rather, trying to > > > follow) the instruction: > > > > > > mkdir ~/.xinput.d > > > cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim-pinyin ~/.xinput.d/default > > > > > > Pinyin obviously needs appropriately changing, but the contents of the > > > xinit.d directory are: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d$ ls > > > all_ALL default-xim ko_KR scim scim-immodule th_TH zh_CN > > > zh_SG default ja_JP none scim-bridge skim th-xim > > > zh_HK zh_TW > > > > > > Several are obviously wrong (e.g. th_TH, which is Thai), but it is less > > > obvious which I must copy. ja_JP is obviously Japanese, but is of the > > > wrong format. scim-immodule _could_ be right I suppose, but again > > > doesn't seem to be the same thing. > > > > > > I'm sorry, you are having to limp me through. :-( > > > > > > Lisi > > > > Let me jump in to the thread :) > > :-) > > > I think I replied once in the past to you and had assumed the problem > > had gone way. > > I wish it had. :-( I just gave up pestering you lot. But it is now urgent > and I have got to get there. > > > Anyhow, I am using KDE in Debian. However, I don't think > > the steps should be any different than in Ubuntu. > > I use Lenny with KDE myself, but this is on my granddaughter's laptop. > > > I am not clear why you are copying these files from xinput.d to your > > home directory. > > Henri refered me to http://tinyurl.com/yvnrqh and I have been trying to > follow > the instructions in order. The next one is what I have reproduced above: > > For users utilizing different default and input languages (e.g. Chinese > input > for an English Desktop). Open up Konsole and type: > mkdir ~/.xinput.d > cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim-pinyin ~/.xinput.d/default > > > What happens if you just do the the following changes in > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim: > > #GTK_IM_MODULE=xim > > GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" > > #QT_IM_MODULE=xim > > QT_IM_MODULE="scim" > > Done. And system restarted. > > > and list your locales in $HOME/.scim/global, in my case I have: > > /DefaultKeyboardLayout = kconfig > > /DisabledIMEngineFactories = > > /SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_CA.utf8,pa_IN.utf8,hi_IN.utf8,en_US.UTF-8 > > I can't find $HOME/.scim/global, nor indeed any .scim/. > > > In the last line you want your locale listed (what is the output of > > "locale" command in a terminal in your case?). > > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_ALL= > > Ought I not to have a Japanese locale in there as well? > > Do you think I might do better to try to finish the reference I had already > started and then try this different tack if that doesn't work? Henri says > that the equivalent Ubuntu instructions worked beautifully, and the main > problem here is likely to be my own lack of knowledge of Japanese and lack > of > experience in Kubuntu. > > Thanks for the help. One way or another I have got to get there, and fast. > I > just hope that I don't drive you all crazy in the process. > Lisi
Lisi, your en-GB locale is quite sufficient ; you don't need a Japanese locale. What you do need to do is thye the following commands into a terminal : im-switch -z en_GB.UTF-8 -s scim im-switch -z en_GB.UTF-8 -s scim-bridge Try this and see if you don't get a SCIM icon on your terminal (in the Gnome GUI, it looks like a keyboard by default and is placed in the upper right corner near the clock). Let us know if this works. If so, we can proceed to configuring SCIM.... As I said earlier, 頑張って ! Henri
