"hermanmeester"
So far I installed m17n-db, libotf, and wordcut, but for m17n-lib (which is needed by scim-m17n) my system (in the root console) says it needs:
libanthy.so.0 and libanthydic.so.0
I don't know how old that is, but is it equivalent to
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/m17n/9.1/i586/anthy-6024-1.1.i586 and/or ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/m17n/9.1/i586/anthy-devel-6024-1.1.i586 ?
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Yes, you can use these anthy packages. Actually "anthy" is a Japanese input engine, you may not need that, but m17n-lib depends on it. I could avoid that dependency by splitting the libraries which need "anthy" out of the main "m17n-lib" package into a sub-package "m17n-lib-anthy". Then one could install it only when one wants to use the Japanese M17N-anthy input method. But I'm not sure whether this is worth the effort. Having too many sub-packages also increases the confusion.
I see that "RAW CODE" input method in the little menu (at "other"); so do you mean that if you insert the code and enter, the character you want will show up?
Yes.
Just another thing:
So basically your idea is, why not try putting everything in SCIM, if one is already using that? It does sound very attractive, because SCIM works really fine.
Yes, because than you can use the same methods to input *everywhere*, you don't have to learn special input methods for OpenOffice, it's the same as everywhere else then.
Do you think Arabic and Hebrew can also be put in the SCIM-panel? (My panel also mentions Russian, and even Amharic!)
As James Su already wrote, Hebrew and Arabic input methods are already supported by SCIM if you have scim-m17n etc... installed.
Problem could be that Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left, of course. Could this mess things up in SCIM?
No.
I'm now typing Hebrew by pasting
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,il
in the shell after every reboot.
Pasting that into the shell each time sounds a bit tedious. Why not add that to your ~/.xinitrc if you want to use that always? If you do not have a ~/.xinitrc yet, you can copy the sample from /etc/skel to your home directory: cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc.template ~/.xinitrc and then edit it. Look for # # Add your own lines here... # and insert your "setxkbmap" line there. Of course you can also use the Hebrew keyboard in KDE, you can easily switch between different keyboard layouts in KDE as well.
Then, double shift gives Hebrew. It "overrides" SCIM (double shift turns the little scroll-lock light on; then you cannot use SCIM).
I don't mind doing that every time, and I don't use Arabic much (for which I didn't have an imput method yet) so it's not really a priority; but would you know if ftp://ftp.suse ~ m17n/9.1/i586/ has any ready-to-install hebrew and arabic scim packages?
Yes, as written above, it's in scim-m17n.
Or maybe I have to ask, where can you see easily what all these packages are about?
Usually you can get some information what the package does by rpm -qpi package*.rpm But the description of the scim-m17n package doesn't say much, currently it just contains only: "M17N Input Method Engine for SCIM" I should make that a bit more verbose.
And if I add all sorts of SCIM-packages, do I have to modify the ~/.xim file at any time?
No.
If you install more scim packages, more input methods will appear in
the scim panel, that's all.
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Mike FABIAN