brian foster blfutvinternetie date wed 31 jul 2002 231149 0800 fergal daly 73 seems support chinese input box got minichinput stuff documentation google bit dead anyone tell ive idea relevantuseful source info could linuxutf8 elist httpwwwclcamacukmgk25unicodehtml httpmailnllinuxorglinuxutf8 whilst list nominally utf8unicode linux often delves related areas input methods vague understanding stateofplay multiple ways keyboarding scripts chinese choice method mixture personal preference equipment eg keyboard toolapplication question wrt x11 applications seems boil two approaches one unique tool apparently yudit famous else using whats called xim x input method warning guessing quite bit based mostly interpretation ive read whilst lurking watching people keyboarding japanese script years ago mileage vary xims generally work complex compose frontend ie build character series composes root fundamental strokes radicals think called commit composite character application yes keyboarding scripts _is_ quite slow believe good typist characters minute assume using qwerty keyboard painful xims compose place others special line seem special window root also somemost xims apparently support usascii input mode well _not_ general latinalphabet input mode seems require another tla called kbd apparently doesnt work xim also used implying switch back forth usascii input mode us englishspeakers would call normal keyboardingtyping input eg chinese im sure impression switch often toggle something like many apologies completely wrong misleading cheers blf ps btw almost certainly want using utf8 locale rh 73 socalled limbo release may quite possibility using one default many surrealists take brian foster dublin ireland change lightbulb three one calms email blfutvinternetie warthog two fill bathtub mobile 353 086 854 9268 brightlycoloured machine tools httpwwwblfutvinternetie stop eo exxonmobile whatever dont buy esso dont give damn global warming httpwwwstopessocom supported greenpeace friends earth numerous others irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie wed 31 jul 2002 185750 0100 ilug inputting chinese characters redhat 73