On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 05:46:25PM +0900, Bryan Linton wrote: > On 2016-03-20 11:17:25, Peter Kane <pwk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I use jserver/kinput2 because it works with cwm and I can run it on a > > legacy i386 system and connect over ssh from an amd64 machine (I was hoping > > the new vmd development work would help there, but i386 support seems a way > > off). The new UTF-8 desktop settings in -current work OK for me to display > > UTF-8 fonts, it is just the occasional inputting of kanji that I need > > something for. If someone can show how to use uim/anthy with cwm in a > > non-root manner I would be grateful. > > > > uim does have appeal because it supports a wide range of languages and I > > would like something for Chinese, too. > > > > It's been a long time since I installed and configured uim/anthy > (it Just Works), so I may not remember all the steps it took, but > it's fairly straightforward. > > These are the installed ports I have: > anthy-9100hp1 japanese input method > uim-1.8.6p1 multilingual input method library > uim-gtk-1.8.6p1 uim for GTK+2 > uim-gtk3-1.8.6p2 uim for GTK+3 > uim-kde-1.8.6p1 uim for KDE3 > uim-qt4-1.8.6p1 uim for QT4 > uim-tomoe-gtk-0.6.0 japanese handwriting > > In .xinitrc (non-relevant lines omitted): > [...] > export XMODIFIERS=@im=uim > export GTK_IM_MODULE="uim" > export QT_IM_MODULE="uim" > env LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 uim-xim & > [...] > exec env LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" /usr/X11R6/bin/cwm > > Quite frankly, I can't remember why I put the > "env LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and 'env LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"' lines > in there. I think at one point they mattered, but with the base > system having/being switched to UTF-8 by default, they may no > longer be necessary. > > After that, simply typing "startx" will bring up CWM with a > working IME. > > Running /usr/local/bin/uim-pref-gtk will bring up a GUI you can > use to configure UIM. There are probably *way* more options here > than you'll need. Configuring the keyboard shortcut you want to > use to switch input methods is probably the only one you'll really > need at first. I have mine set up to toggle between an IPA > keyboard (for inputting linguistics-related symbols), a regular > keyboard, and the anthy IME. > > You can also run one of: > uim-toolbar-gtk > uim-toolbar-gtk3 > uim-toolbar-qt4 > uim-toolbar-gtk-systray > uim-toolbar-gtk3-systray > > If you want a GUI-toolbar or systray application to run that lets > you click on buttons to toggle/switch between IMEs. Though > personally, I find them to be superfluous, especially in a > minimalist windowmanager like CWM. > > Please let me know if you're successful in setting up UIM/anthy > with this information; I can always try to offer better advice :) > > -- > Bryan >
Thanks for the detailed notes. I'll give it another go shortly. Peter
