Re: unicode input in X apps: how to?

From: James Miller (jamtat_at_mailsnare.net)
Date: 09/30/04

  • Next message: Adamo: "Re: :SPAM: Re: 100Mbit Lan runs at sloow 417Kbs!!" 
    Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:33:58 -0500 (CDT)
To: Arne <20030910antispam@gmx.net>

    On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Arne [utf-8] Götje ([utf-8] é«^Xç^[^[è^O¯) wrote:

    > On Thursday 30 September 2004 00:03, James Miller wrote:
    > > term) fonts to make foreign languages appear in OOo. But I'm trying
    > > to keep with the times and use the latest and greatest unicode
    > > everyone keeps raving about. Help, please?
    >
    > First of all, as you have already noticed, Unicode input is still in its
    > infancy on Linux...
    >
    > So, currently you have to decide on which specific input methods you
    > want.
    >
    > Please specify, which methods you want, then I can give you advice how
    > to do this. Also note that it depends on the application you are using.
    > Mozilla and OpenOffice can only handle the XIM protocol in the moment,
    > same as KDE. GTK2 apps have sometimes the possibility to use newer
    > approaches, but not all of them work...

    Methods? The method, as I foresee it, involves pecking away at a keyboard
    with my fingers while strange and wonderful characters appear on a
    computer screen before me in response. I suppose I should have to make
    some gesture in order for these wonders to commence: maybe hitting some
    keys or something, or maybe clicking with the mouse. I have no idea what
    other methods beyond these there could be. As for apps, as I mentioned my
    main concern is with OpenOffice. I suppose it might be nice to have this
    capability in Abiword as well, but that's secondary. I have recently
    begun using the Gnome desktop/wm, I should probably mention.

    I should state that I've already acheived some limited success following
    some ipnut I got from some list members. For example, I came across the
    command line utility setxkbmap. Using it, (setxkbmap ru) I was able to
    type Russian characters in OOo. I'd like a different, phonetic keyboard
    layout, but it seems like this is along the right lines. What I need to
    find out now is what keyboards I can pass to setxkbmap: there should be a
    list or something somewhere, right?. I'm hoping there's a phonetic
    Russian one, and a phonetic Greek one would be great too.

    Still sort of feeling my way around.

    Thanks, James

  • Next message: Adamo: "Re: :SPAM: Re: 100Mbit Lan runs at sloow 417Kbs!!"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Keyboard character setting in FC3
      ... > Did you try with setxkbmap? ... I'm not sure if that can change layout settings, ... >>I would like to change the setting of a keyboard character and googeling ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: unicode input in X apps: how to?
      ... > came across the command line utility setxkbmap. ... > different, phonetic keyboard layout, but it seems like this is along ... Different languages => different solutions. ... Do you prefer the traditional xkb method, or a gui solution where you ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Re: XKB broken
      ... XKB has suddenly broken. ... the line "Couldn't load XKB keymap, ... keymap" and setxkbmap invariably ... Your keyboard section works when I put it in my xorg.conf. ...
      (Debian-User)
    • xkbmap trouble... :-(
      ... my keyboard functioned quite properly. ... using AltGr +). ... and afterwards setxkbmap "be", but instead of solving the problem, it ... not even a "workaround" for my backslash, ...
      (Debian-User)