This howto details the steps required to enable Chinese input (Japanese, Arabic, and other languages) on a English (or other language) interface in #!CrunchBang Linux.
For details on installing applications and the terminal, see here.
In the terminal enter:
sudo apt-get install ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp xfonts-wqy
To install the relevant fonts.
In the terminal enter:
sudo apt-get install scim scim-pinyin scim-qtimm
To install Scim and scim-pinyin.
In the terminal enter:
sudo touch /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
To create a file, then to modify the permissions for it:
sudo chmod 646 /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
Then:
sudo echo 'export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
sudo echo 'export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"' >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
sudo chmod 644 /etc/X11/Xsession.d/74custom-scim_startup
In the terminal enter:
sudo nano /etc/scim/global
and check the line:
SupportedUnicodeLocales
if:
SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_US.UTF-8
then in the terminal enter:
sudo echo 'export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"' >> /etc/profile
In the terminal enter:
echo 'scim -d' >> ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
or see this page on autostarting applications.
In the terminal enter:
locale | grep LANG=
The answer would be something like
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Type in the terminal:
im-switch -z YOUR_LOCALE -s scim # replace "YOUR_LOCALE" by something like "en_US.UTF-8"
Log off or reboot the computer for the modifications to take hold. Log back into the newly-configured user account. Note the keyboard icon that appears in the system tray.
Right-click on it to access the SCIM Setup menu and configured as preferred.
Open up Firefox. Hit Control+Space to toggle scim on/off.
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