Re: [tlug] Japanese under Linux

[dstibbe <dstibbe@example.com>]

Zev Blut wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 19:21:10 -0800, dstibbe 
> <dstibbe@example.com>  wrote:
>
>> I've almost worked it out with the following settings :
>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
>> LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucJP
>> XMODIFIERS=@example.com=kinput2
>>
>> and then :
>> kinput2 -canna&
>>
>> Now with this I am capable of inputting Japanese text . But I do not  
>> WANT the locales at japanese (because then the menu of the program 
>> turns  in Japanese) ! X-(  If I set the locale to english , I can't 
>> insert  japanese .
>>
>> How can I keep my locales to english but yet still input japanese ?
>>
>
> Here is a possible quick solution to what you want.
> I have this fragment in my .xinitrc file.
>
> # The two commented out ones below make the system give japanese man
> # pages and some apps also have Japanese menu bars
> #export LC_ALL=ja_JP
> #export LANG=ja_JP.eucJP
> #These setting lets me support Japanese but with Eng windows,etc..
> export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP
> export LC_MESSAGE=en_US
> export XMODIFIERS='@example.com=kinput2'
> kinput2 -canna&
>
> Best,
> Zev
>
Thanks ^_^

That did 'm . My settings are now :

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGE=en_US
export XMODIFIERS='@example.com=kinput2'
kinput2 -canna&

and it works  :P

I chose UTF-8 instead of euc. Which brings me to another question . Why
is everybody always choosing for  Extended Unix Code instead of UTF-8 ?
  Wouldn't it help compatibility more if it was UTF-8 instead of EUC ?

Greetings,
David