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