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_saiko

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From: systemreich

Registered: 2007-08-06

Posts: 91

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SCIM+anthy

ok installed scim and anthy
created a script that gets loaded with XFCE:

#!/bin/sh
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
scim -f socket -c socket -d

thought something would appear in tray but nothing did...
then i changed the input method to scim in console and indeed the icon appeared and it all worked
i was able to type
but the problem is... i can only use scim where i have the option to change the input method
for example i can't change the input method in FF
i kinda think this isn't supposed to work like this or?
How do i use SCIM with FF and like.. KDE apps where i don't have a textbox menu where i can change the input method?

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semdornus

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From: Tokyo

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 47

Re: SCIM+anthy

You just use the keyboard to switch the input method. The default one is Control+Space.
If you have multiple input methods you can switch them with Control-Shift.
And of course these combinations are configurable if you wish to change them.

violagirl23

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 184

Re: SCIM+anthy

I don't know if this would affect you at all, but I noticed something (this might be XFCE-specific).
This is my .xinitrc:

# This is to start SCIM with X            
scim -d

# This is for the SCIM frontend
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
export QT_IM_MODULE=scim

# This is so XFce will be started automatically
exec startxfce4

You notice how I put exec startxfce4 AFTER all the scim stuff?  It works even if you put it before, but then you can't use the keyboard to switch the input methods; you can only do the right-click method which you referred to, which makes it impossible to use it with Firefox.  So that's the only thing I'd watch out for.  ^^b

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