Re: Japanese Input

Essential Touch wrote:
I'm trying to input Japanese on my Fedora 7 set-up.
I have installed scim and everything it looks like needing, and it appears
to be running fine I can click on buttons or use the mouse to draw kana but
they don't go anywhere. How do I actually get the Japanese text from scim
into where I want it?

Open the file or whatever you want to enter Japanese text into (e.g.
a keyword window for a search function, a word processor document -- make
sure the application can handle Japanese or UTF-8).

Also when I draw anything, for example ヽ, I get several suggestions but
nothing remotely like what I wanted.

Do not try to draw anything.

How do I get this working, or is there a better way of entering Japanese?

Click on the SCIM icon appearing on your toolbar, and select Japanese-Anthy.
If you do not have a SCIM icon, in a console window, run command
scim
or
scim &

Put your cursor where you want the Japanese to appear. Maybe click the
mouse button to make sure it knows it is to operate at that location.

Hit cntl-<space> to shift into Japanese mode.

Then type Japanese in romanized form (nihongonoyouni)
にほんごのように

When you have something you wish to convert to Kanji/kana,
hit the space bar.

日本語のように

If you do not like what you see, use the arrow keys to go
up/down the list of alternatives. If still no joy, try
entering individual words or short phrases and see if selection
improves.

FWIW, when you clicked on the SCIM icon in the toolbar,
a short toolbar should appear and linger. Try clicking
on the ? on the right end of that bar for HELP, or try
playing with the other alternatives to see what they do.

cntl-<space> to toggle from Japanese to Latin to Japanese to
Latin to ........

If you get Latin letters when you expect Japanese, hit
cntl-<space> again, and try again. If still no joy, click
on the icon again, select Japanese-Anthy and try again.


I have a pen and small tablet that I use under windows, anything like this
for Linux? (and no it wont run under WINE, I did try)

If you use M$ Winblows, you really should get the Microsoft
Japanese IME and learn to use it. Credit where credit is due,
it is a very good tool. And you do not need a pen and small
tablet. You can enter using Latin letters, or use your
mouse to draw in the sketchpad that is one option in the IME.

-Help
is at the right end of the SCIM toolbar, after launch.

FWIW, in a console window, run
scim --help
or
scim --list
or
scim -l
and see if you get a proper response. If not, scim may not be
properly installed.

Cheers!

jim b.

--
UNIX is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.
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