Chinese user setup

[Avraham Hanadari]

Loïc Martin wrote:
> Avraham Hanadari wrote:

>>
>> More to the point in this thread, how am I to input Chinese? It used to 
>> be via the SCIM input method. Should I go that way now?
> 
> 
> System->Administration->Language Support then enable "Use input methods 
> engines (IME) to enable complex characters" will activate SCIM input for 
> the user. 

I hadn't ticked off the IME enabling when I applied language support for
Chinese. Just did it now.

Then in SCIM, provided you installed all support for Chinese
> (to simplify, since it's actually about activating entry methods, you 
> could omit support files like documentation in Chinese if you didn't 
> plan to use them), you'll have the ability to select the input engine 
> you prefer among a few different ones.

Hadn't considered that. Everything went in. The SCIM input method setup
is still rather mysterious. I'll head for the wiki you mentioned below.
> 
> The keyboard is another matter, there's no "Chinese" keyboard per see. 
> Most use an English keyboard, but just set up the one that correspond to 
> your layout, and it will work too, unlike Windows where even with a 
> different layout the Chinese input method forces you to use an English 
> layout (even if your layout is different). Keyboard layout just don't 
> enter into the equation with modern input methods, so you don't have to 
> relearn one.

That paragraph is Mongolian for me. Windows defaults to the US keyboard
mapping for keying pinyin. Do you mean I have to map a keyboard from
scratch?
> 
> Arabic might be different, I'm not sure they have to use SCIM (even 
> though they could). Check you enabled all Arabic support first, then 
> verify again (or use SCIM). Whatever, unless you have a keyboard with 
> Arabic letters, you'd probably want to use SCIM.

I don't need the letters showing on the keys. I use several different
mappings: US, Hebrew, French, German. Arabic is supported in the same
way. It's just that it falls off the edge, like Victor Borge. Ubuntu
allows only four keyboards, so for the moment Arabic is waiting in the
wings. Maybe someone knows how to tweak the settings to allow for more
keyboards?
> 
> For Chinese, there's always the wiki, see 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SCIM
> I didn't update the screenshots for Ubuntu 9.04, there's not much 
> difference though, and the advices should still be valid - email me 
> personally (I don't always have time to skim through ubuntu-users) if 
> something in the wiki doesn't work for you.
> 
> Loïc
> 


Off to your wiki now.

谢谢
我很谢谢你们

Avraham