Re: getting scim to work on KDE
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H.S. wrote:
> Wei Chen wrote:
>> On 10/24/07, H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been using the KDE keyboard layout applet to type different
>>> languages. I recently learned that uim or scim could be a better method.
>>>
>>> To test these out, I installed scim. Then, following some web pages
>>> fround via goodle, I put these in ~/.bashrc
>>> #stuff for scim to work
>>> GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
>>> XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
>>> XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
>>>
>>> Then I put this in ~/.scim/global
>>> /DefaultKeyboardLayout = US_Default
>>> /DisabledIMEngineFactories =
>>> /SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_CA.utf8,pa_IN.utf8,hi_IN.utf8,en_US.UTF-8
>>>
>>> because my locale is en_CA.UTF-8.
>>>
>>> And also started scim after loggin in:
>>> $> scim -d
>>> $> cat ~/.scim/global
>>>
>>>
>>> Now I have the little keyboard applet on the KDE panel. I can also right
>>> click on it and set the preferences using SCIM Setup option. It also
>>> lists all the various input languages.
>>>
>>> However, no matter what I do (CTRL+Space or other combinations), I am
>>> not able to change the input method to a different language.
>>>
>>> If somebody is familiar with scim, can you explain what I could have missed?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> ->HS
>>> PS: This is on Debian testing.
>> Hi,
>>
>> I personally use scim in KDE. scim is a good input method platform in
>> my point of view. I use its ``pinyin'' input method to input Chinese.
>> It can also be used for many other languages and input methods as far
>> as I know.
>>
>> In order to get things set up for a brand new installation. I do not
>> need to modify various configuration files, except for the user locale
>> set up. What I have to do are as follows.
>>
>> 1. Install the packages for scim and its ``pinyin'' input method using
>> aptitude. Also install the package ``im-switch'' from the repository.
>>
>> 2. Set locale environment variable for my current user:
>> LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.GB2312 in .bash_profile. (Personally I leave other
>> variables en_HK.UTF-8, which is set to be the system-wide default
>> value on my desktop)
>>
>> 3. Run `im-switch -c` to configure the input method for the current
>> user. Choose scim from the interactive user interface.
>
> This was one step I had missed. The second one was to put:
> #GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
> GTK_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
> #QT_IM_MODULE=xim
> QT_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
>
> in /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim. For which I had to install scim-bridge
> package.
>
> Then logging out and loggin back in gave me the SCIM toolbar in KDE
> which is toggled using CTRL+Space.
>
> Thanks a ton!
> ->HS
>
>
I am not so sure, but I guess that the packages like
scim-bridge-client-qt or scim-bridge-client-gtk are only needed if you
use the immodule version of scim. For the XIM setting, they may not be
needed.
In fact I am not sure about the differences between the traditional XIM
input methods for standard X applications and the advanced immodule
input methods for specific qt or gtk applications. I heard that immodule
ones add fancy functions to control the cursor etc. But I also heard
that immodule platform (especially the one for qt) has not been very
mature yet, while the traditional XIM methods work well for me. Would
anyone please let me know whether this is correct or not? Thank you.
- --
Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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