Re: Scim does not work with openoffice

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 07:17:23PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> 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:
> > 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
> 
> 
Okay, my bad. I did'nt even know about xessionsrc. 

Nor did I explain that .xsession is supposed to start
a window manager. 

I guess advice on this list (at least from me) is worth
every penny you pay for it.

Good luck Rodolfo.

-- 
Joel Roth