Re: [tlug] English/Japanese Debian Install for beginners

[Evan Monroig <evan.ubuntu@example.com>]

if you use Gnome you don't have to disable GDM from startup. You can
put your kinput line in a file named ".gnomerc" in your home folder
(^_^) :
export XMODIFIERS="@example.com=kinput2" LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 kinput2 -canna &

I also use a debian-based distribution (Ubuntu), but use a different
input method (UIM with Anthy) and it works well with the packages
"uim" and "anthy" installed, and the following configuration

in ~/.uim:
------
# select anthy as default input method for uim
(define default-im-name 'anthy)
# To have the º~¦r¡]¥b¨¤/¥þ¨¤¡^ key change the input method (japanese keyboard)
(define-key anthy-on-key? '"zenkaku-hankaku")
(define-key anthy-off-key? '"zenkaku-hankaku")
------

in ~/.gnomerc
------
export XMODIFIERS=@example.com=uim
export GTK_IM_MODULE=uim
------

I read somewhere that for KDE you have to replace "GTK_IM_MODULE" by
"QT_IM_MODULE" and that the configuration file is not "~/.gnomerc" but
something like "~/.xsession", but I never tried :)

Evan

On 5/16/05, David Riggs <dariggs@example.com> wrote:
> With all the recent traffic about installing an English Linux with
> Japanese input capability, I thought it was time for a word about
> Debian.
> 
> Debian is not usually recommended for beginners, but this relatively
> newby has done a Debian Net-Install in English and proceeded to
> add Japanese input framework for any capable X program while keeping
> the English menus and messages. This is how I did it.
> 
> Use Debian-Install Net Install from
> 
>     http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> 
> Follow the instructions and read the manuals. I have a step by step
> log of my experience if any other beginner wants it. As Chuck Muller
> has already describe here, you can readily upgrade to the latest
> levels and add whatever software you need from the net, without having
> to burn a lot of CD's that quickly go out of date.
> 
> This gives you a standard Debian system, which for me at least
> installed with almost no problems on my Toshiba laptop.
> 
> My addition to this standard advice is the following easy way to get
> Japanese
> support/ (I am following the Debian Reference Manual esp section 9.7).
> 
> Add Japanese locale and basic support by running these commands.
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure locales #choose both ja_JP.uf-8 and ja_JP.EUC-JP
> 
> aptitude install canna kinput2-canna ttf-sazanami-mincho
> xfonts-intl-japanese xfonts-intl-japanese-big
> 
> Set X so that programs will have Japanese input capability.
> 
> 1. Disable the startup of the graphical login by renaming the links in
> /etc/rc2.d S99xdm, ~kdm, ~gdm to x99xdm, etc. Now at startup you will
> be in a terminal, and you go to X when you please with the command
> "startx".
> 
> 2. Create this file in your home directory: .xsession, containing:
> 
> export XMODIFIERS="@example.com=kinput2" LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 kinput2 -canna &
> exec gnome-session
> 
> With these two changes you will start Gnome so that any capable
> program will input Japanese in utf-8 encoding with the usual kinput2
> toggle of shift-space or control-o.
> 
> My own slight modifications, (following the usual TLUG advice sources),
> are just two.
> 
> 1. To make the kanji in input conversion area kanji, put these lines
> into the .Xresources file (or great it if not already present). The
> lines need to not have a new line embedded, which may have been added
> by the emailers.
> 
> Kinput2*font: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
> Kinput2*kanjiFont:-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-c-*-jisx0208.1983-0
> Kinput2*kanaFont:-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-c-*-jisx0201.1976-0
> 
> 2.The cntl-o trigger for kanji input conflicts with many programs Open
> command. To turn that off (just use shift-space), copy
> /usr/share/canna/sample.canna, to .canna (in your home folder), and
> add these lines at the end:
> 
> (global-unbind-key-function 'japanese-mode)
> (global-unbind-key-function 'alpha-mode)
> 
> Thats all folks.
> 
> If there is a better way I would appreciate being told, but so far,
> this works like a charm. As I mentioned earlier, I would be happy to
> share my install cookbook notes with anyone who is interested. They
> are a bit boring and long (200 lines) to post here.
> 
> (With much gratitude to all the folks who explained all the pieces I
> have assembled here).
> 
> David Riggs, Kyoto
> 
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