japanese input: let's add it to Ubuntu Starter Guide

[Evan Monroig]

Hi,

If you have tried to setup japanese input with ubuntu, you may have
found the howto on Ubuntu Wiki
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/JapaneseInputHowto.

I thought that what was described there was quite complex, so maybe it
would be a good idea to rewrite it in a easy-to-understand-way, so
that it can fit in the Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide
(www.ubuntuguide.org).

Both methods described here works for any application, including
openoffice.org and without having to change LC_CTYPE or any locale
parameter.

What do you think?

Evan

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A) How to type Japanese in GTK applications (UIM)?

1) $ sudo apt-get install uim anthy

2) $ gedit ~/.uim

3) Insert the following lines into the new file

# select anthy as default input method for uim
(define default-im-name 'anthy)

4) If you have a Japanese keyboard, insert the following lines as well

# To have the 漢字（半角/全角） key change the input method (japanese keyboard)
(define-key anthy-on-key? '"zenkaku-hankaku")
(define-key anthy-off-key? '"zenkaku-hankaku")

5) Save the file.

6) $ gedit ~/.gnomerc

7) Insert the following lines into the new file

# Tells xorg to automatically use uim as X input method
export XMODIFIERS=@im=uim
# Tells GTK that the default input module is uim
export GTK_IM_MODULE=uim

8) Save the file.

6) Read "Restart Gnome"

7) Applications -> Accessories -> Text Editor

8) SHIFT+SPACE to change between normal and Japanese input.
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B) How to type Japanese in GTK applications (SCIM)?

1) $ sudo apt-get install uim anthy scim-gtk2-immodule scim-uim

2) $ gedit ~/.gnomerc

3) Insert the following lines into the new file

# Tells xorg to automatically use uim as X input method
export XMODIFIERS=@im=scim
# Tells GTK that the default input module is SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim

4) Read "Restart Gnome"

5) Applications -> Accessories -> Text Editor

6) CTRL+SPACE

7) A box appears. Click on the input method (biggest button) and
change it to Japanese -> UIM-anthy

8) SHIFT+SPACE to change between normal and Japanese input.
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