Re: tlug: setting up RH6.1 with Japanese

[Havard Bell <Bell@example.com>]

>     Well, I've finally had some time to poke around with Linux again.  So
> I'm back at trying to get Japanese support up and running.  I have
> installed Kinput2, Kterm and Canna.  Kterm can display Japanese, but how do
> I know if Kinput2 and Canna are working?  Are there any docs/howto's for
> them?

>From my experience, if you can input furigana and kanji after pressing
[shift]-[space] in your kterm, then both Kinput2 and Canna should be
working. I think you need to start canna first (/etc/rc.d/init.d/canna
start (as root)) and then Kinput2 (kinput2 -canna (as yourself)).

Try looking in /usr/doc for some brief info, and "man kinput2".

I have had some difficulties in the past with these things, and found
that having the right version is important. Experimenting with
different RPM's usually solved it in the end. I was to lazy to find
out the _real_ problem, though...

>     Also, do they need another program to do anything?  Like Mule or
> NEamcs?

Not for them to work. But you might find something like that usueful
for writing documents in Japanese. I use Xemacs with mule
support. Together with Canna it works fine, here.

>     I've also heard that redhat has a Japanese version, but I can't find it
> on their website.  Is it there?

Very good question, I happened to have a CDROM that I got from a
magazine, but I have been unable to find any download sight for this
version (RPM updates, etc.). Anybody knows?

(If you (anybody) want access to this CDROM, just email me.)

Hope this helps.

~ Hav.
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