gernot hassenpflug uyyzzctejugmailcom feb 18 2008 1034 pm aric stewart wrote xim trying use japanese would recommend kinput2 hello thank confirming able use normal x input method rather ms ime usually use uim anthy gnome according recommendations test set kinput2 canna works using shiftspace change hiragana mode terminal however see make sure locale set ja_jputf8 need make sure kinput2 working properly involve kinput2 cannaserver running unfortunately eventually discovered bitten locale bug name locale must ja_jputf8 least set correctly using lc_all lang information httpdspnetfrlonewolflinuxjapanhowto_english_japanesehtml make sure xmodifiers environment variable set xmodifiersimkinput2 ok done test input first using notepad run cxofficebinwine notepad try inputing japanese notepad also work ms office 2003 unfortunately shiftspace nothing notepad even though command locale terminal returns ja_jputf8 xmodifiers exported uimcanna works kterm shiftspace still ie gnome uim active solved problem running kinput2canna exporting xmodifiersimkinput2 opening kterm shiftspace activated familiar kiinput2 subwindow ran notepad kterm could input japanese using kinput2 bit like stepping bacl 5 years time solaris systems used work kyoto university suspect might able continue using anthyuim also yet worked magic incantations many thanks tips absolutely invaluable helping find route works hopefully ive documented steps enough help others best regards gernot hassenpflug _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list vncmzklcrossovercodeweaverscom httpcrossovercodeweaverscommailmanlistinfodiscuss removed list visiting web page checking subscriptions tab account codeweavers thu 07 aug 2008 065610 0900 cwdiscuss use ime ms office 2003