Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-m17n (33 mails)

[Marc.Waeckerlin@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 05.05 schrieb Isen unter "[m17n] Chinese Input on 
SuSE 8.2":
> I've used SuSE 8.2 since may, and my dad want to give it a
> try too. But he needs to write in Chinese for bussiness.

In principal, install xcin, set the language to zh_CN (variables LANG (and 
optional LC_ALL) in the personal ~/.profile or in the global 
/etc/sysconfig)).

When you then log in to X11, xcin starts automatically (because of the .xim 
file that SuSE installs in you home). You activate chinese input with 
Ctrl-Space and switch input method with Ctrl-Shift. When you enter PinYin, 
Space gives you the next ten choices.

Unfortunately there is a bug in XFree86 that comes with SuSE 8.2. The mainland 
Chinese locale (zh_CN) does not work with xim. The locale of province Taiwan 
(zh_TW) does work.

If you need Jiantizi (zh_CN), you need the following patch:
Edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias and set the alias for zh_CN to 
zh_CN.eucCN (instead of zh_CN.GBK-0). As far as I remember there are two 
places to change, just search for GBK-0.

BTW, to the others, i.e. Mike FABIAN: Is there already a patch in Yast Online 
Update?

Regards
Marc