Re: [tlug] UIM-Anthy Command Silliness

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:
> CL,
> > For the first time, I get no Anthy toolbar ... at all. ...
> > Suggestions?
> I had a little trouble getting UIM/Anthy set up when I upgraded to 
> Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibis. Nothing related to Thunderbird or Firefox, 
> so I don't think I can help you there. But some other things might be of 
> use:
>
> First... I just looked in Synaptic, and I don't see an Anthy-specific 
> toolbar. Isn't it the UIM toolbar you want? That's the one that appears 
> on the Gnome panel and allows you to do things like configure Anthy.

Yes, you're correct.  It is UIM and I have installed both uim-gnome and 
uim-kde applet panels with no effect.

> Assuming, then, that you want the UIM one, you need to get the package 
> called uim-applet-gnome (or uim-applet-kde). Then you need to log in and 
> out. And then you can right click on your panel and select "Add to 
> Panel...". Last, in the list, you select "Input Method Indicator". That 
> places the icon on your panel from which you can access configurations.
>
> Second... After my fresh install, I would go into the Input Method 
> manager interface and do all my configurations. But, no matter how many 
> times I double checked and saved my preferences, they didn't actually 
> take effect.
>
> Turns out there was this hidden directory in my home folder called 
> ".xim.d", which had one file in it called UTF_CA. If I recall, I looked 
> it up on the web and discovered it was a configuration file associated 
> with SCIM. So I deleted the directory, logged in and out, and then Anthy 
> was working fine. Maybe it's something like that might be contributing 
> to command-key issues?

I do not see .xim.d in my home directory in Dolphin.  None of the other 
files visible (and I have "show hidden files" enabled) appear to have 
anything to do with UIM or XIM.

I'm not sure, but I /think/ there might be an even more basic problem 
here.  First, let me repeat that this is Kubuntu 8.04_AMD64 (Hardy Heron 
[a.k.a. Horny Hamster]) we're working with.

In System Settings -> Regional & Language I have installed US English, 
Japanese, Chinese (long and short form), German, and French.  US English 
is selected as Default.

From Terminal as Root:

> # locale -a | grep ja_JP
> ja_JP.utf8
> # cat /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local
> en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
> # dpkg-reconfigure locales
> Generating locales...
>   de_AT.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   de_BE.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   de_CH.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   de_DE.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   de_LU.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_AU.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_BW.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_CA.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_DK.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_GB.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_HK.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_IE.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_IN.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_NZ.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_PH.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_SG.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_US.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_ZA.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   en_ZW.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   fr_BE.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   fr_CA.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   fr_CH.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   fr_FR.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   fr_LU.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   ja_JP.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   zh_CN.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   zh_HK.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   zh_SG.UTF-8... up-to-date
>   zh_TW.UTF-8... up-to-date
> Generation complete.
> # cat /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local
> en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

Should I manually edit /var/lib/locales/support.d./local or is the 
absence of these other languages a sign of something else that is more 
wrong?

Do / can I change something else that would make updates to these files 
automatic in the future?

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CL