Re: Scim does not work with openoffice

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 07:46:18PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 04:07:37PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> 
> >> Any Scim users out there?  Scim does not work for me within Openoffice.  It
> >> works fine with gedit, just with the command
> >> 
> >>  $ GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" gedit
> >  
> >> .  Any help very much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Sounds like you're close.
> > FWIW, I just typed some Japanese using SCIM/anthy into Openoffice.
> >
> > My environment includes
> >
> > GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
> > LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8
> > LANG=ja_JP.utf8
> >
> > I was stymied in my new system because I'd forgotten
> > to install the necessary fonts.
> >
> > If you can't figure it out, I'd suggest posting on the Scim
> > mailing list, a very helpful group in my experience.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  I posted on the Scim mailing list but got no reply.
> Please, how do you launch Openoffice?  Do you do
> 
>  $ GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" openoffice
> 
> ?  Or maybe you start scim with `$ scim' and then in another terminal you
> launch Openoffice with `$ openoffice'?
> 
> Thanks, cheers
> Rodolfo

Rodolfo, 

Since we are talking about Debian, first you need to make
sure you have the correct packages installed.

Here is what I have.

ii  libscim8c2a                          1.4.7-3                     library for SCIM platform
ii  scim                                 1.4.7-3                     smart common input method platform
ii  scim-anthy                           1.2.4-1.1                   SCIM IMEngine module for Anthy
ii  scim-gtk2-immodule                   1.4.7-3                     GTK+2 input method module with SCIM as backend
ii  scim-modules-socket                  1.4.7-3                     socket modules for SCIM platform

Second, you have to have the correct locale and environment settings.
These are best set in $HOME/.xsession .

I have these settings:

export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8
export LANG=ja_JP.utf8

Then when you start X, and you start a terminal,
you should type the command

$ env

and confirm that your environment is as it should be.

Then starting openoffice is just:

$ openoffice

Hope this helps,

Joel

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Joel Roth