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

[Evan Monroig]

Hello Tanizaki,

So I forgot something or didn't explain well... sorry

Did you try the UIM or the SCIM method ?

If it is UIM, when you open Text Editor, and type SHIFT+SPACE (type
SPACE while SHIFT is down), after that you cannot input Japanese? Or
you don't see what it inputs?

Can you try to right-click with your mouse inside the Text Editor ?
There is a "Input Methods" menu. is UIM selected by default ? Or SCIM
? If UIM (or SCIM) is not there, then it means that it was not
installed. If it is not selected by default, then it means that there
is a problem with the file "~/.gnomerc".

You can check for it by opening a terminal (Applications->System
Tools->Terminal) and type

---
echo $XMODIFIERS
echo $GTK_IM_MODULE
---

The results should be "@im=uim" and "uim" (or "@im=scim" and "scim" if
I am right)

If you use SCIM, doesn't a window appear at the bottom-right of your
screen when you press CTRL+SPACE ?

If you use Kubuntu (KDE) instead of Ubuntu (Gnome), then the file
"~/.gnomerc" will not be executed when you login. In this case, can
you try to replace it with "~/.xsession" or "~/.xinitrc" (I don't know
which will work...)

If any of the above works, can you tell what worked for you?

Evan

On Apr 11, 2005 10:16 AM, Tanizaki <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> Evan Monroig Wrote:
> > Ah sorry, it was incomplete :)
> >
> > You have to add the "universe" repository as explained here
> > http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories
> >
> > (you don't have to add all the lines mentioned here. Just uncomment
> > the ones with "universe" in your file)
> >
> > Is is better?
> >
> > Evan
> Yes, this time I was able to go through the entire "how-to". However, I
> still can't input Japanese.  ](*,)
> 
> Very frustrating. If I just install the Japanese localized version,
> will Japanese input be ready to go by default?
> 
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