Re: [tlug] Ubuntu Gnome raves

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 3 December 2015 at 14:51, Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com> wrote:
>> >From what I'm reading about Ubuntu Gnome 3 it's a fresh install, and
>> you can't easily upgrade/convert an existing 15.q0 installation. Or can
>> you? Any advice/suggestions?
>
> After seeing Charles' e-mail last night, I went ahead to Google about
> this :-P and ended up installing on my Ubuntu 15.10 Unity systems
> (two).  So no, you don't need a fresh install.
>
> Just install the "gnome" package and all its dependencies.

OK. That went well, and on the log-in screen I can select from
a range of window manager options: Gnome, Gnome Classic,
Gnome (Compiz) & Gnome (Metacity). I've opted to run Metacity
as it's most like what I'm used to in previous releases

Inevitably I have questions about the Japanese support. I installed
IBus-Anthy and after a bit of fiddling I've got Japanese input working
almost correctly, with my preferred Ctrl-Space for toggling it on an off.
The only thing that's not working is using F7 to switch the inputted kana
into katakana. It just gives a beep and the kana vanishes. According to
the docs Ctrl + should cycle the kana inputs, but that doesn't work either.

Any suggestions on this? (It's not a deal-breaker, but it's the last little
detail in getting the basic system into the style I like.)

Cheers

Jim

-- 
Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University