Wei Chen 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) > > 3. Run `im-switch -c` to configure the input method for the current > user. Choose scim from the interactive user interface.
This was one step I had missed. The second one was to put: #GTK_IM_MODULE=xim GTK_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge" #QT_IM_MODULE=xim QT_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge" in /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim. For which I had to install scim-bridge package. Then logging out and loggin back in gave me the SCIM toolbar in KDE which is toggled using CTRL+Space. Thanks a ton! ->HS > 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 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
