On 10/24/07, Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/24/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have been using the KDE keyboard layout applet to type different > > languages. I recently learned that uim or scim could be a better method. > > > > To test these out, I installed scim. Then, following some web pages > > fround via goodle, I put these in ~/.bashrc > > #stuff for scim to work > > GTK_IM_MODULE=scim > > XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Then I put this in ~/.scim/global > > /DefaultKeyboardLayout = US_Default > > /DisabledIMEngineFactories = > > /SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_CA.utf8,pa_IN.utf8,hi_IN.utf8,en_US.UTF-8 > > > > because my locale is en_CA.UTF-8. > > > > And also started scim after loggin in: > > $> scim -d > > $> cat ~/.scim/global > > > > > > Now I have the little keyboard applet on the KDE panel. I can also right > > click on it and set the preferences using SCIM Setup option. It also > > lists all the various input languages. > > > > However, no matter what I do (CTRL+Space or other combinations), I am > > not able to change the input method to a different language. > > > > If somebody is familiar with scim, can you explain what I could have missed? > > > > thanks, > > ->HS > > PS: This is on Debian testing. > > Hi, > > I personally use scim in KDE. scim is a good input method platform in > my point of view. I use its ``pinyin'' input method to input Chinese. > It can also be used for many other languages and input methods as far > as I know. > > In order to get things set up for a brand new installation. I do not > need to modify various configuration files, except for the user locale > set up. What I have to do are as follows. > > 1. Install the packages for scim and its ``pinyin'' input method using > aptitude. Also install the package ``im-switch'' from the repository. > > 2. Set locale environment variable for my current user: > LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.GB2312 in .bash_profile. (Personally I leave other > variables en_HK.UTF-8, which is set to be the system-wide default > value on my desktop) >
Forgot to say that you may have to log out then log in since the command `im-switch -c` relies on proper locale settings. > 3. Run `im-switch -c` to configure the input method for the current > user. Choose scim from the interactive user interface. > > 4. Log out of KDE and log in again. You will see the scim icon in the > right bottom corner of the screen. You can turn on/off input methods > using ctrl+space. Any sane X program should be able to accept the > inputted characters with no problem after this step. > > Note that the input method may not work properly without a correct > locale setting. > > HTH > > -- > Cheers, > Wei > http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ > -- Cheers, Wei http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
