On 8/7/03 10:16 AM, "Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Japanese support in RedHad is pretty good (IMHO). Just make sure you > include it at install time. > > If you have specific problem related to Japanese I suggest checking out the > Tokyo Linux Users Group. > > http://www.tlug.jp
Thanks. I will check them out! > > There is a link to mutilingualization there or even better you could check > the archives which they request doing before asking. The nice thing is > they will show how to get English menus but ability to enter Japanese text. > Can be handy for some of us. I can read Japanese ok, but I feel more comfortable when the menus, etc., are in my native English. Thinking vs non-thinking. :) > > If you need correct Kanji for addresses, they recommened purchasing ATOK to > me. My Japanese wife also complains that the default selections aren't the > most usual ones, and so she has to scroll through to make the proper choice > more often than under Windows. We get by without it though. I've used ATOK on my Mac before. I find it roughly equivalent to Kotoeri - the standard Mac input system, because I don't really do anything fancy. I usually just convert one or two words at a time. I'll check it out though. > > As for mail clients, I heard the most recent Evolution supports Japanese > fine (earlier version did not) - but whether or not that is in RH 9 I dk. > I use M2 by Opera which is a little quirky but suits me great!!!! > > If you need to do professionally printed documents, you may want to install > microsoft fonts. I am pretty much a linux newby but was able to do it just > fine. > > Anyway, Japanese support is there so don't let that stop you from > switching. Great! Thanks! doug > > >> (4) I do my work mostly in English, but with a lot of Japanese mixed in. >> Is >> setting up Linux to support Japanese reading and also input not-too-hard? >> I've tried doing this before in previous versions with mixed success. Are >> there sufficient applications which support Japanese, such as a good >> email >> client? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
