Re: [tlug] Trouble with Japanese input on a new install

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> LC_CTYPE="ja_JP.UTF-8" firefox
> 
> Yup. Go figure. I'm definitely not doing anything like this on the
> other box (the one where ibus works "normally").

It might be interesting to diff the printenv output on each machine,
looking for anything that looks like a language or locale setting.

Or failing that, the firefox configuration on each.

> *However*... on the "problem" box, Skype actually *takes* Japanese
> input. *Without* doing the fancy env variable stuff mentioned above.

I've not had any problems with skype; maybe you should consider that
your newer box is setup more correctly and you just have a wild firefox
setting? (Oh, and, just looking at your original post, thunderbird.)

> my locales (er, CTYPEs) to ja_JP from now on, and be happy.

I'm using en_US or en_GB everywhere (*), so extreme measures like that
shouldn't be necessary. :-)

Darren

*: Actually I run thunderbird with LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF8, to get the date
format display I wanted.

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