Ed, Thanks for the advice, well taken. I've installed SCIM, and when I run this I see it in the task bar. If I click on it, something shows that looks like it should have text within it, but it is blank, as if there are no options available. I right-click on it, and can configure it, and have Japanese as the only item checked under IMEngines->Global Setup. I read on this page that I need to setup this in .xinitrc, changing zh_CN.GBK to ja_JA.USA. Is this correct? <pre><tt>export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM</tt> <tt>export LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.GBK"</tt> <tt>export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim</tt> <tt>export QT_IM_MODULE=scim</tt> <tt>startkde</tt></pre>I'm confused about what is SCIM and SKIM and what the delta is between them. So, I see SKIM in the tray but am unsure where to go now. I have tried both kedit and firefox and am unsure how to start entering Japanese text. Chris <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Ed Greshko <<a href="mailto:Ed.Greshko@greshko.com" target="_blank">Ed.Greshko@greshko.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div>Chris Dawson wrote: > I'm struggling to get Japanese input working on KDE. I've reviewed > various guides, but they all seem out of date. Does anyone have a > pointer, or could someone send me their steps? </div></div>I think you need to let folks know a little bit more about what you've tried and what doesn't work. I don't have a ubuntu system running KDE. I do, however, have both a RHELv4 and RHELv5 system running KDE and using SCIM and Japanese input works just fine.... 渋谷. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>