On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:41:29 -0700 "g2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > its me again. i successfully installed kinput2 and freewin RPM on my > Linux Mandrake 8.2 as well as the Japanese fonts, but shift+space and > ctrl+/ is still not working. how can i input hiragana, katakana and > kanji? what applications do they usually can be used for? i tried it > on advnace editor and kWord but still not working. is there something > i missed? my default language is English and I just like to make > Japanese available for my console cause my job requires some Japanese > documents. > > also, i already configured my keyboard to 106 japanese but none of > those extra keys work. I tried to edit the key binding configuration > but it cant detect the extra keys. is the windows key really not > working in mandrake? > > any suggestions? A few: 1. open mandrake control center --> system --> services and make sure that jserver is running and that it is set to start at boot. 2. use (as a regular user) /usr/sbin/localedrake to switch your environment to japanese. Now comes the tricky part. Someone once mentioned, either here or on the expert list, a website with instructions for modifying your personal .i18n file to support japanese input but leave most system settings in english. I do not have the url at hand, but it should be in the archives somewhere. If you can find it, it is very clear and works well. The only problem i had was that rebooting would reset my .i18n file to totally english. Which is obviously not a good thing. If jserver isn't running, or if your environment isn't set to japanese language, then shift-space won't work. I too sometimes need japanese for work. since i use latex for almost everything anyhow, i just use emacs and the latex cjk package to create japanese docs. since emacs can handle japanese input all by itself, without needing kinput or jserver, it is a good way to do the occasional japanese letter or report. but if you need to search the net in japanese or share japanese language spreadsheets, it isn't gonna help any. hope this helps, -- Chris Spackman www.openhistory.org gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9
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