Re: [tlug] Japanese input method

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 06:54:42PM +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> Good evening
> I asked on the now revived (the members did not know it was 'dead' ...) Mint ML,
> but they said, I should ask, where there are more people.

> Right now, when I try to use Japanese, I get the message:
> "Keyboard Input Methods (IBus Daemon) is not running. Do you wish to
> start it? No/Yes"
> Naturally, I choose "Yes".
> BUT, I don't get the Japanese.
> So I try logout. The keyboard icon switches, but I still do not get the
> Japanese input.


A lot of folks, including myself, seem to have issues with ibus, so
nowadays, I use fcitx.

> 
> Is there any way of telling Mint to remember both the presence of the KB
> layouts and convince to use Japanese?
> I mean in a way so that Mint will remember all that and relieves me from
> the duty to reset all this each and every time I use the computer.
> Since THAT makes everything else irrelevant.

I'm not sure about the keyboard layout, as I use a US keyboard layout, but
as for fcitx I've given some detailed instructions to use it with Mint at
http://srobb.net/jpninpt.html#Mint
 

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