/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Because I'm a hopeless loonix-faggot nerd, I just spent the last hour figuring out how to get Japanese input working on a linux box WITHOUT pulling in an input method through gnome or kde.

Most of the guides on the internet are pretty much useless, they're either tailored to a particular distribution that handles generic internationalization in its own specific way, or they are about getting Japanese working under a popular desktop environment like GNOME and KDE. But the truth is that you can get an IME working in a generic way using the "XIM protocol." It will work with any window manager and desktop environment, and most GUI programs, and it can work on Linux, BSD, Solaris, and even weird old proprietary UNIXes.

Here is how you do it.
1. If you have no Japanese fonts (Already installed on most Linux systems even if you don't otherwise have Japanese support, but you can never be sure...), get some.

2. Install SCIM. Your distribution probably provides a package called "scim" or "SCIM", otherwise you can download the source code from http://scim-im.org

3. Install anthy. The package is probably called "anthy." Otherwise build from the source at http://sourceforge.jp/projects/anthy/

4. Your distribution's "anthy" package may bring scim-anthy with it. If it doesn't, or if you compiled from source, install the package "scim-anthy" or compile this: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/scim-imengine/downloads/29660/scim-anthy-1.3.1.tar.gz

5. Run the program "scim-setup" and make sure that under the "Japanese" menu in the section IMEngine -> Global Setup "anthy" is checked

6. Add these lines to your .xinitrc and/or .xsession file, before the part that loads your window manager:
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="ja_JP.UTF-8"
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
scim &

7. Restart X11.

Done. hit "ctrl+space" to toggle Japanese input on and off.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227646
I prefer UIM.

[Anonymous of Russian Federation !6907282216 No.]

Uh... Well, thanks, I guess.

I still have no idea why people would use linux for desktop computer though. Apart from experience of working with unixes.

[Anonymous No.]

>INSTALL INSTALL INSTALL SETUP SETUP RESTART INSTALL INSTALL
Boy, Unix sure is superior, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.]

私たちはELEVENSじゃないよ！
日本人だよ！

[Anonymous No.]

Wow. Thanks for sharing this with us, but I really can't think of an scenario where I might need this.
But seriously, kudos on your hard work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227655
Well, if you run something stupid like Ubanto you probably won't have to do too much.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227659
They really hate Microsoft?

[Anonymous of Russian Federation !6907282216 No.]

>>2227677
Oh, I do too, I never bought anything from MS.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227675
Yeah if you're running a modern distribution with a full desktop environment it is usually as simple as checking a box somewhere for "Japanese support"

The method I explained above is "platform-agnostic" and the reason you'd want to do it is if you're running a minimalist distribution, or you're running without a desktop environment, or you're on a proprietary UNIX, or other unusual systems. It should work literally anywhere.

[Anonymous No.]

You know, you should post this in a blog or forum somewhere. That way, if someone actually needs it they can find it, years from now.
Knowledge is fleeting in 4chan. Share your hard earned fruits with the rest of humanity

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227646
thanks bro
I'll keep this somewhere, I'm sure it will be usefull somedays

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227677
I don't hate microsoft, I just realy like how you can customize your *nix sys very easily.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

So how do you do all this dictionary stuff? I know how to edit my strings a little (look i can write huuge words XD 博麗神社例大祭), but what if I want to add my own stuff?

[Anonymous No.]

I already did this with Gentoo, except I'm using UIM.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227775
Install "kasumi" dictionary editor.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227788
ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

awesome man! I actually gave it a shot a few years back, but I had some problem with the encoding of the dictionary created.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2227851
I only ever used it for adding the names of all the Rozen Maidens, with no problems.