pclinuxos and japanese language input

Hi all,

I'm setting up an old (very old!) desktop with PClinuxOS to be used for
basic email, surfing, and some word processing.

I wish to add Japanese input capabilities to the computer, so I installed
anthy from the synaptic installer... How do I get this program running? I
have found a webpage outline the keyboard shortcuts once it is running, but
not how to actually get it started.

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Also, if you have any suggestions for other input programs, or even linux
distributions, I would appreciate it. I tried Berry Linux, but once it was
installed it started acting strange.. plus the documentation is mostly
Japanese, and I'm not fluent enough to follow.


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