Re: Using Japanese (and Chinese) on an prodominantly english system
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:01:14 +1000,
Rebecca Dridan <rdrid@dridan.com> wrote in message
<[🔎] 20030915110114.GA16662@dridan.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I speak a little Japanese and am now learning Mandarin. I would like
> to be able to read and write both languages on my computers, but leave
> my systems basically in English.
>
> I'm looking mostly to be reading and writing Japanese with a text
> editor. I use vim and do not want to learn emacs.
..pity, I hear a lot of nice things about Asian languages and (X)Emacs.
> My desktop runs
> gnome on sid, and the server that I ssh into to read my mail is
> running woody. I'd like to use Japanese on both.
>
> I've googled looking for anyone running the set-up that I want, but
> most of the docs are out of date, or for changing a system permanently
> to Japanese, or for fluent Japanese speakers (which I am not).
..checked the japanese and chinese Debian user mailing lists?
> I've installed canna, kinput2-canna, and jvim, but I don't understand
> how to use them. I've installed japanese fonts and generated all the
> japanese locales I could find, although my normal LANG et al are set
> to C. Which locale settings do I need to change? All of them? Is there
> a setting that would allow english and japanese, or do I have to keep
> switching. (I don't understand locales very well)
>
> Is anyone able to point me to docs that explain how to go from romaji
> (normal english characters) to kana and kanji? Tutorial style docs for
> canna and kinput2 would be very welcome. Does anyone else have a
> set-up like this and would be willing to share their expertise? Any
> tips for vimrc or muttrc to allow quick switching between english and
> japanese? Something extendible would be nice, so I could continue with
> my Mandarin. I'd be willing to write up my own howto document once I
> manage to figure it all out for myself.
..post the url here too. ;-)
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