On Thursday 28 August 2008 11:07:39 M Henri Day wrote: > 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
The Skim applet was there already, but nothing happened. So I did as you suggested, rebooted, and got a different icon. I checked that the configuration was still correct - it wasn't, the keyboard had changed. So I reset the keyboard. I then tried to use it in Kate. AND IT WORKED!! It even went from the Hiragana to the Kanji of my grandaughter's name. I restrained myself from turning cartwheels round the room and tried it in OOo. It didn't work.The Skim panel came up but it had no effect. I am currently downloading Abiword to see whether it works in that. (Done). It doesn't. (I tried to start Abiword from the run command - and got Kanji!) Meanwhile Kate still works. In fact, it brings up Kanji without going through Hiragana. So the problem is less urgent. She could, if push came to shove, write her Japanese letters in Kate. But I would prefer to get her going on OpenOffice. Perhaps I still have something wrong in the configuration?? I now get Kanji for all my system keyboard shortcuts and had to turn it off to launch Kail, which I am now setting up in order to see whether I can type in Japanese in that. Thanks very much :-)) \o/ Lisi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
