SOLVED Re: Please help!! SCIM not working correctly under ubuntu 8.04/LTS

john lists.john at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 00:39:42 BST 2009


Hi all,

I ended up solving this issue by following the hack for Ubuntu 7.10
outlined here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7.10_using_SCIM

To wit:

create a file called /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup

Add these lines:

export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"

This solved my problem under Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy/LTS

Cheers!

John


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:29 PM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having trouble with SCIM. I have enabled Japanese Language support
> per https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_8.04_using_SCIM
>
> But Japanese character input isn't working and the Japanese instructor
> at our school is getting grumpy!
>
> I am using GNOME so my understanding it that SCIM should work
> correctly on 8.04 out of the box.
>
> The SCIM icon doesn't show up on the taskbar and I am not able to use
> SCIM-anthy to input japanese characters in Firefox or OpenOffice. I am
> able to input Japanese characters in "Text Editor" but only if I right
> click after opening a document and select Input Methods > "Scim Bridge
> Input Method".
>
> HOWEVER, if I log out and choose Languages > Japanese I can log in
> with the full Japanese Desktop and SCIM correctly allows me to input
> Japanese characters into Firefox, Open Office etc. I can also switch
> between English, Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji.
>
> The problem with this approach is that the 100 or so students who are
> taking Japanese won't be familiar with the full Japanese Desktop
> (include Kanji, katakana they don't know etc) and Linux wants to
> rename drives under ~ with Japanese characters, which is not good for
> our purposes.
>
> Can somebody help me sort out getting SCIM to behave correctly under
> the English language desktop please.
>
> I would really appreciate your insights!
>
> John
>



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