Re: Scim does not work with openoffice

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

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:

> 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


Thanks indeed for your indications.

But when I create a file named .xsession, whatever I put in there, even also
nothing, then X doesn't manage to start: it crashes when starting.

Rodolfo