Re: [tlug] Japanese input problem, ....

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

 David Oftedal <david@example.com> writes:
>> David Eduardo Gomez Noguera wrote:
>> >I am back with the subject on japanese imput.
>> >This time, its on redhat9.
>> >I have got it to work only when I set LC_MESSAGES to ja_JP[.utf8]
>> >but that will give me japanese menues and messages, which with my poor
>> >japanese, I can barely read.
>> >Does anyone have any advice? Might it be a bug on rh9?
>> >
>>  XMODIFIERS=@example.com=kinput2 LANGUAGE=ja_JP LANG=ja_JP LC_CTYPE=ja_JP 
>> LC_ALL=ja_JP is what I use.
>> 
>> I think changing LANGUAGE to en_US but leaving LANG at ja_JP might help 
>> you in SOME applications, but many apps require you to keep the whole 
>> interface in Japanese in order to pick the right font to use.

Steve and I should actually write that Linux/Unix I18N we've been
plotting for a few years.

All those variables actually mean different things. For engaging an
input method, the one that is honoured by compliant software is 
LC_CTYPE=ja_JP. Sadly, not all software is compliant. For example
Mozilla only talks to kinput2 via xim with LANG=ja_JP set.

Jim

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