Re: Open Office and German / Japanese Input
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
Re: Open Office and German / Japanese Input
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. [..] > Any idea how to make Open Office work with "uim" or "scim" > again? If you have a UTF-8 locale (like en_GB.UTF-8; this is case-sensitive) there is no need to ever change it again. Google "International text support on Linux" and select the first result. This explains all the details. For Japanese, you need anthy (most convenient in combination with uim). If you want to use scim (which is possible although I do not recommend it) be aware that scim needs a line in /etc/scim/global.conf, if you want to use it in an en_GB locale: /SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_US.UTF-8,en_GB.UTF-8 (the default is that scim only works with en_US.UTF-8; weird, but this has not changed for years). Anyway, uim is better than scim for "international" users (I think) because it has better support for the "Compose Key". For German on an English keyboard you do not need any special software. Just set up your keyboard to be the "us" keyboard with the "alt-intl" variant. This can be used both for English and German. When this is set up correctly, Japanese / German / English input will work in all programs, including Openoffice, and will continue working after upgrades as well. Regards, beste Grüße, よろしくお願いします, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Office and German / Japanese Input
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 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 # 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!
