November 2005 - openSUSE M17n - openSUSE Mailing Lists

No compose characters possible with asian language setting
by akimbo337＠gmx.de 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello! I'm currently using SuSE 9.0 pro for both german and japanese input. This works fine so far, by setting the variables LC_CTYPE to ja_JP.UTF-8 and LANG to de_DE.UTF-8, but nevertheless I experienced a problem: With the LC_CTYPE set to japanese and an input method running (currently kinput2), I cannot type european language compose characters any more - at least the ones I used to produce with two sequent keystrokes ( ´ and e for é for example). The rest of my (german) keyboard layout works all fine, and with LC_CTYPE set to german, é's, à's, ô's, etc pose no problem, but then, of course, I cannot input japanese... This problem seems also to be existent for other language settings that use an input method, I tried it out with a friend who uses chinese input (also on SuSE 9.0 pro). We (my friend and I) are currently writing an article about asian language input with StarOffice/OOo, so we would really appreciate any help or hint concerning this problem. Thanks. Marcel Boeing

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How to change keyboard
by Audrius 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi, in SuSE 9.3 I input setxkbmap -symbols "en_US(pc105)+lt+group(lwin_toggle)" and I can switch from US symbols to LT symbols with left Win key. In SuSE 10 I get "Error loading new keyboard description"... How can I switch from one keyboard layout to other? Audrius

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scim (intelligent) pinyin: Suggested words for simplified & traditional Chinese
by Tobias Burnus 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Hello, naively I'd expect that the hits using traditional Chinese and using simplified Chinese would be the same - except for the different character. But somehow the simplified version guesses quite well, which character I want whereas the traditional Chinese version does not. Example: ren4shi (to know): a) Simplified: Typing "rensh" (or "renshi") suggest as first hit: 认识 b) Traditional: Typing "renshi" gives: 人士, 人事, 人世 and 人氏 and then comes the list of all "ren" hits followed by all "shi" hits; that way one can finally get 認識, but it takes much longer. Can one improve the traditional version? Or do I do something wrong? Tobias who is a novice in terms of Chinese

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Re: [m17n] Settings for german system with partly simplified chinese use
by Stephen Holmes 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 04:19 +0000, Florian Ehinger wrote: > I changed this, but I have still the problem that sometimes KDE Applications > are crashing if they have been automatically reloaded after a reboot. > I can't help with the KDE stuff.. > And I have still chinese dialogs in Java applications. > The Java Virtual Machine initialises it's own system locale from Linux's active locale. If you want to run English or German Java applications, then you'll need a script to set the preferred locale prior to running the Java app or pass a 'java -Duser.language=de' when executing the Java app itself.

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Re: [m17n] Settings for german system with partly simplified chinese use
by Florian Ehinger 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

Am Freitag 11 November 2005 01:11 schrieben Sie: > On Thursday, November 10, 2005 17:40, Florian Ehinger wrote: > > Hi > > I have problems setting up my sytem. Normally I want to have german > > language, but since I'm living in China at the moment I also want to > > display simplified chinese texts properly and use sometimes chinese > > Inputmethods. > > > > I tried to set the variable > > RC_LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" > > and > > RC_LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF8" > > If this is really your setting, try correcting the misspelled UTF-8. You > forgot the "-". > > If this is not the reason, the following might help: > instead of the variable RC_LC_CTYPE= ..., add a line "export LC_CTYPE = > zh_CN.UTF-8" in the file ./profile. You can also make the setting for > German there. I changed this, but I have still the problem that sometimes KDE Applications are crashing if they have been automatically reloaded after a reboot. And I have still chinese dialogs in Java applications. Flo -- What publishers are looking for these days isn't radical feminism. It's corporate feminism -- a brand of feminism designed to sell books and magazines, three-piece suits, airline tickets, Scotch, cigarettes and, most important, corporate America's message, which runs: "Yes, women were discriminated against in the past, but that unfortunate mistake has been remedied; now every woman can attain wealth, prestige and power by dint of individual rather than collective effort." -- Susan Gordon

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Settings for german system with partly simplified chinese use
by Florian Ehinger 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi I have problems setting up my sytem. Normally I want to have german language, but since I'm living in China at the moment I also want to display simplified chinese texts properly and use sometimes chinese Inputmethods. I tried to set the variable RC_LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" and RC_LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF8" with this setting the chinese is displayed properly with simplified characters. But I have some problems with that: 1) Some applications e.g. java apps are now with chinese dialogs 2) many kde applications like konsole or konqueror will crash if they are automatically restarted after login with the following error: #7 0x40d97774 in XSetICValues () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 #8 0x43f489b7 in QXIMInputContext::setXFontSet () from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/inputmethods/libqxim.so #9 0x43f48ad1 in QXIMInputContext::setMicroFocus () from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/inputmethods/libqxim.so #10 0x41a9c1f3 in QMultiInputContext::setMicroFocus () from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/inputmethods/libqimsw-multi.so #11 0x407ea3c2 in QWidget::setMicroFocusHint () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #12 0x4094c969 in QLineEditPrivate::updateMicroFocusHint () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #13 0x4094fb74 in QLineEdit::focusInEvent () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #14 0x41259865 in KLineEdit::focusInEvent () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 #15 0x408b46b9 in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #16 0x4095138a in QLineEdit::event () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #17 0x4417293c in QPtrStack<DOM::NodeImpl>::operator= () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkhtml.so.4 What can I do, so that everything is working properly? Thanks Florian -- There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.

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Re: [m17n] Settings for german system with partly simplified chinese use
by h.w.meester＠umail.leidenuniv.nl 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Citeren Florian Ehinger <florian(a)kflog.org>: > HI > > > > I have problems setting up my sytem. Normally I want to have german > > > language, but since I'm living in China at the moment I also want to > > > display simplified chinese texts properly and use sometimes chinese > > > Inputmethods. > > > > Did you install all the appropriate SCIM packages? All you seem to me to > > need is the desired chinese characters and the Chinese SCIM packages. Which > > system do you use? On the SuSE 9.3 I use, all needed SCIM-stuff is there > > and can be installed with the YaST software installer, simply entering > > "SCIM" in the search field. I think it works great, you can enter Chinese > > in any text field. > My problem is not to use scim, this is working in most programs. My Problem > is > that when I don't set the RC_LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF8" variable not all > simplified chinese characters are shown. I think the system use a traditional > chinese font. If I set the variable I have the problems described in the last > email! > > Bye Flo Hi, Sorry for my unhelpful comment, I'm afraid I can't help you any further with this, because I use only Korean as far as Asian fonts are concerned, and Korean is a lot simpler than Chinese I guess. Good luck, Herman

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