On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:20:35PM +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi, > > Every now and then I have to write something in German or Japanese. And > normally this entails about one week of trials to make Open Office work > again with "scim" or "uim" (both input methods). When finally > everything works, it is normally too late for my letter but there is > still time enough to give Open Office a chance to not work anymore when > needed again. > > I am using debian sid with a en_GB.UTF-8 local. > When writing Japanese I normally use "uim" together with "Anthy". > When writing German I use "uim" with "m17n-latn-pre" which allows to > input German "Umlaute" with an english keyboard by entering something > like "a, "o, "u, ... > > Currently none of them work in Open Office. (but - with lots of crashes > though - sometimes do so in "evolution": 日本語、たとえば、und > glücklicherweise auch Deutsch mit Üs, äs und Ös :) > > A while ago I managed to make Open Office work with scim using the > following script: > > #!/bin/sh > > # setting Japanese utf8 locale > locale=ja_JP.utf8 > LANG=$locale; export LANG > LANGUAGE=$locale; export LANGUAGE > LC_CTYPE=$locale; export LC_CTYPE > > # using scim as input method > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; export XMODIFIERS ********* That should be quoted: "@im=SCIM"
> GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"; export GTK_IM_MODULE > > # start scim if not already running > if [ -z "$(ps -A | grep -i scim)" ]; then > scim -d ### &> /dev/null & > fi Here is my scim script (I have it in .xsession) export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM" export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" export QT_IM_MODULE="scim" export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 #export LANG=ja_JP.utf8 #export LC_ALL=ja_JP.utf8 /usr/bin/scim -d & I don't use the LANG setting because I want my menus to be in English. LC_ALL changes a bunch of those values at one time. > # execute command given on environment > $@ > > # fin. > > but even this fails now. > > Any idea how to make Open Office work with "uim" or "scim" again? > > Thanks, Dietrich, grateful for any help! -- Joel Roth