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necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

"Don't Panic" + scim

Well, I decided to change the OS on one of my computers from Ubuntu to Arch, after the install I did pacman -Syu and found that I'm using the "newer" version "Don't Sweat". Cool.... but.

Scim usually installs easily using the instructions from the archlinux website:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sma … d_platform

This time it's a no go. I have Korean (hangul) input working fine so long as my LC_CTYPE is set to ko_KR.utf-8. This however makes the panels and  titlebars absolutely HUGE. I mean almost 40px titlebars are big enough for the blind to see. What gives? Any ideas or is this some sort of bug in "Don't Panic"?

Last edited by necrolin (2007-08-02 14:41:54)

necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

OK, so I was playing with the system and I noticed something strange which is probably related. When I have my LC_CTYPE set at en_US.UTF-8 then I have Korean fonts listed when I go into the change font dialog, but SCIM doesn't work.... erghhhh.

When I change LC_CTYPE to ko_KR.UTF-8 then my Korean fonts disappear from the listings and I get Chinese fonts listed????!!!! And SCIM works, but the screen is all messed up because it's leaving too much space for the fonts. Example, in the terminal everything looks double or even triple spaced.

Any ideas?

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

do you run locale-gen when editing locale?

necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

do you run locale-gen when editing locale?

Yeah, I do, but it doesn't help. It still looks rather amusing. The X in the corner of the window (the one that closes the window) is bigger than my icons..... lol.:lol:

necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

I tried going through locales for languages that I know: English, French, Polish, Korean.... and only Korean screws things up, but unless I set my locale to Korean SCIM doesn't show any input options/menu. Erghhhh.

necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

Solved:

I had to modify my config a little different than it says in the WIKI.... so here's my .xinitrc.

#!/bin/bash

#Start SCIM for Koean input
export LC_CTYPE="en_US.utf8"
export LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"   # you have to set LC_CTYPE
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
export QT_IM_MODULE=scim
scim -d

#Start Gnome
exec gnome-session

SCIM seems to be a picky little bugger with environmental variables. lol

necrolin

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Registered: 2007-07-09

Posts: 23

Re: "Don't Panic" + scim

Oh, and it only works when in English. If I change my defaults to French or Polish then it's a no-go. =S