Thanks to ZhengPeng Hou I was able to get CJK input working under KDE. Here's what happened:
Scenario I: A fresh install of Ubuntu. Go to "System > Administration > Language Support". Select "Japanese" (or whatever CJK language you want support for). Check "Input methods", "Additional Fonts", "Extra software", and "Enable support to enter complex characters". Uncheck "Basic Translations" and "Extra Translations" and leave the "Default Language" as "English (United States)" (unless you want all your applications to appear with Japanese translations). Click "OK" and wait for packages to download and install. Log out and log back in after package installation is complete. Open any application and press Ctrl+Space to type in Japanese. Scenario II: A fresh install of Ubuntu + kubuntu-desktop packages. Repeat Scenario I in a Gnome session. When warned that "The language support is not installed completely", click "Install" to install a couple of extra packages. Log out and log into a KDE session. Open any application and press Ctrl+Space to type in Japanese. Scenario III: A fresh install of Kubuntu. Go to "K > Favorites > System Settings > Personal > Regional & Langauge". Change the "Country or region" to "United States of America". Choose "Add Language > US English". Click "Install Language". When warned that "The language support is not installed completely", click "Install" to install a couple of extra packages. Select "Japanese" and click "Install", then wait for package installation to complete. Choose "Add Language > Japanese". Move "US English" back to the top of the language list (BUG! This shouldn't be necessary, and even after doing this some applications randomly load with Japanese translations). Click "Apply". Log out and log back in. In a terminal, run "imswitch -s scim-bridge". Start scim (not skim!) by pressing Alt+F2 and entering "scim". Log out and log back in. Open any application and press Ctrl+Space to type in Japanese. Conclusion: The good news is that CJK input is now working under KDE. The bad news is that setting up CJK input support without the ubuntu-desktop packages installed is not at all intuitive. Presumably, the language support installer under Gnome automatically runs the im-switch command and starts scim. The language support installer under KDE ought to do the same, but it doesn't. Could someone please reassign this bug from skim (which it has nothing to do with) to wherever is appropriate? Also, this bug should probably be wishlisted. I've attached dpkg.log files from each of the three scenarios. ** Attachment added: "logs.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18972828/logs.tar.gz -- Can't input chinese in Kubuntu 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272176 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
