Re: [tlug] Japanese Input

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

BABA Yoshihiko wrote:

>>Keith.Wilkinson@example.com wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>JUST Systems have announced a new 
>>>ATOK for LINUX, to ship at the end of January: 
>>>www.justsystem.co.jp/software/dt/atoklx/ 
>>>(Ichitaro for LINUX will also ship). 
>>>
>>>ATOK for LINUX is a separate product from ATOK X 
>>>www.justsystem.co.jp/software/dt/atokx_l/index.html 
>>>      
>>>
>It is good both in conversion engine and GUI. The conversion is very smart, as it guesses the most proper words in the context. Also, it warns you when you write wrong texts (such as in respect language). The dictionary is also exclusive with many names and place-names. The palette offers similar functionalies as Windows IME and MacOSX Kotoeri have. For example, when you have to put a kanji which you don't know how to read, you can use the palette to search by stroke count or radical.
>
>The con is that it is not free. :p
>  
>

I'm happy to buy it - in fact I did buy it, but the version had come out 
some time earlier and I haven't been able to get it working.  I'm glad a 
new version will be coming out - no doubt it will be installable (by me) 
and will finally enable me to use Japanese on my main Internet machine 
(as it is, I switch machines when I need to write in Japanese).  I 
realize that the man in the mirror is to blame for this situation, but 
the situation is the way it is and so I don't mind paying for something 
if it's a good product.  Actually, I've been buying Linux all along - 
from SuSE 6.(something) to SuSE 8.1, 9.0 & 9.1.  I'm looking forward to 
January!

Lyle