Re: [tlug] Lost Japanese Input in OpenOffice

[Wataru Tenga <wtenga@example.com>]

Godwin Stewart wrote:
> I have this small script with which I prefix applications when I want
> to start them with support for Japanese input:

If I had to do that every time I wanted to use Japanese in a program, I would 
not use Linux or recommend its use to anyone else.

In fact, though, I've set up RedHat-based, Debian-based, and Slackware-based 
distributions, all of which have Japanese input capability without having to 
use any special scripts or startup commands for individual programs. Of 
these, openSUSE is probably the best for Japanese support right out of the 
box, so long as Japanese is designated as a supported language in the setup 
process. With SCIM installed, you can switch to just about any language on 
the fly, in all applications. Maybe I'm missing something, but why should it 
be any more difficult than this? Basically, the package manager takes care of 
it all.

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Wataru Tenga, Tokyo