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

[Graben]

How to type Japanese in EVERY!! application.



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



2)  Create a file called 75custom-write_japanese in
/etc/X11/Xsession.d



3) Paste the following into it



export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"

export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"

export XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"

export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"



4) sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Select en_US.UTF-8 as default, it may be already.



5)System->Preferences->Sessions

Startup Programs Add scim -d

I left the order at 50



5a)For KDE users/Kubuntu users

Create a file startscim in ..kde/Autostart/

Paste the following text.

#!/bin/sh

scim -d



Then  

chmod 744 startscim



6)Reboot, Welcome to Japanese Input!



I did not create any of these steps.  This wall all done by jalosxal
http://www.mepis.org/node/5638 a mepis user. and
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/JapaneseInputHowto

The only thing I added was Adding it to auto start with gnome.


-- 
Graben