Re: [tlug] Ubuntu 16.04-LTS Japanese Text Input

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 08:37:03AM +0900, michael eng wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> One more data point to add if you like - I am running 16.04 GNOME (which 
> is very nice).  Installing fcitx-mozc worked straight off and I could 
> change the input mode with Ctrl-Space, but there was no indicator/menu 
> on the status bar indicating whether I'm in English mode or Japanese mode.
> 
> To get the indicator back, I installed the GNOME extension "Input Method 
> Panel" ( https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/261/kimpanel/ )
> This did the trick and now the indicator & menu displays perfectly.
> 
> GNOME has a control panel "Region & Language" with its' own indicator, 
> but I couldn't figure out how to link this to fcitx.  As it stands, it 
> seems more like a controller for 'setxkbmap'.

Thanks, that's useful information. Even if I don't add it to an already too
long page, from time to time, I get emails from people with questions on
Japanese input. 

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