I don't think I need all of them. I've got these
scim-1.2.1.tar.gz
scim-pinyin-0.5.0.tar.gz
scim-input-pad-0.0.3.tar.gz
scim-chinese-0.4.2.tar.gz

I've tried to find some information as to what is actually
needed. For instance, I only use simplified Chinese, and
will input Pinyin, so I don't think I need hangul-0.1.2.tar.gz.
I'll try to find and read the Release Notes and ChangeLogs
for the packages before installing.

Another question -- what desktop environment or window
manager do you use? My last foray into Chinese input, it
seems it was geared towards KDE. I know Rachel likes to
use Gnome, but I use Fluxbox. This is always important to
know, since KDE and Gnome users are the GUI type people,
so they use tools to install that most of us Slackers don't
use, preferring CLI instead.

I might try it today -- or whenever I can find out what all
the different packages are used for, what I need, and what
I don't need.

to Chinaman:

Have u tried fcitx? it's the best Chinese imput system under Linux. it's more fast and stable than SCIM. Most Linux distro use SCIM as Chinese imput method becouse it also contain many other language's imput method, such as Traditional Chinese imput method and japanese/korea imput method, but for Simplified Chinese input methods, fcitx is the best(i have use minichinese imput on Redhat, scim on SuSE and Redhat before) i have see ur previous post. u can't input ni hao (ÄãºÃ) becouse U use Wubi(Îå±Ê) not pinyin(Æ´Òô). Fcitx use three imput method(to i know they are pinyin(Æ´Òô), wubi(Îå±Ê) and neima(ÄÚÂë), also u can add erbi(¶þ±Ê) to fcitx). The newest release of fcitx is 3.1. u can download at fcitx's homepage:
http://www.fcitx.org/main/
and the documentation is here:
http://www.fcitx.org/download/fcitx3.pdf

good luck.

here is the snapshoot


http://cn.geocities.com/mking007cn/Linux/nihao.png

http://mking007.51.net/linux/nihao.png

Thanks for the helps. I can't read much Hanzi,
so I will be slow with the pdf file from FCITX.
I will try this maybe tomorrow. I have to go
to Shi Fan Da Xue today to get my schedule.
I start class on Monday.

Yes, I think Pinyin input is good for me. I
know Pinyin pretty well.

The problems that I had with FCITX last time
I used it, it messed up some other things in
my system. I use Fluxbox window manager.

By the way -- I have to use a proxy server
to get to your website -- the Great Chinese
Firewall.

Are u in China? if u are, u can use the 2nd link. it's much fast in China.

I use xfce so i don't know what happens to ur Fluxbox. but u can contact the author.

If u can't understand Chinese, u can use stardict to help uself. Stardict is the best dictionary program in Linux.
stardict's home page:
http://stardict.sourceforge.net

For documentation, here is the English version.

http://www.fcitx.org/main/?q=node/10

Yes, I am in China. The second link gives this error message:
Thanks, if I need help, I will.

Quote:

If u can't understand Chinese, u can use stardict to help uself. Stardict is the best dictionary program in Linux. stardict's home page: http://stardict.sourceforge.net

Thank you. I just d/led it, and will check it out. In
Windoze I used Wenlin, and have used it with
Wine before with Slackware.
Yes, I saw the English page.

I will probably try FCITX again, but this time I will
install using checkinstall.

chinaman,

mking07's advice is good...for just simplified Chinese, fcitx is great, and has a very readable character bar with nice default colours (as per his/her screenshot).

Still, just in case you want to type some Trad characters as well, and further to your previous question, you really should only need "scim", "scim-pinyin" and perhaps "scim-tables" to get it all going...I use KDE nearly all the time, but I still do nearly everything with the CLI (just in Konsole). To type in a X terminal cxterm is very good, or in pure console mode (no-X) zhcon or jmcce are worth a try.

jdw

Thanks for all you guys help and advice. It will be a few days,
perhaps, before I will have time to work on this again. When
I do so, is it perhaps advantagous to setup a separate user
just for testing this on my system? Of course, this time I'll
back it up so I can restore if it messes up other apps like fcitx
did before.

Xiexie nimen!

U have to copy the address to ur browser and so that can open the picture. if u just click the link the serve will reject the request.

[b}mking007[/b],

Thanks, got it!

to Chinaman:

new version of fcitx has been released, and now the config file have changed to english. u can understand how to config now.

download:
http://www.fcitx.org/download/fcitx-3.1.1.tar.bz2

http://www.fcitx.org seems to be offline at the moment
can ya guys get on their official site?
if not, then plz plz inform me

Thank you very much. I started Chinese language class
at Yunnan Normal University three weeks ago. Maybe
now I can get fcitx properly setup, as it will help in my
studies.

Do you know anyone who has setup fcitx in Fluxbox?
Perhaps I should setup another user just for this app.

scim1.2 is tne best Chinese Input Program!

Ok so much good information. Living in Guangzhou PRC all my computers will run Fedora 3+ need Chinese display and input. Browser and Open Office. What should I do? As others have stated Firefox won't display Chinese characters.