[SCIM] SCIM on kde does not work with firefox

[Zhe Su]

It's caused by binary incompatibility between SCIM and Firefox. Please
recompile both SCIM and Firefox in the same environment, then you can
use them together with the following settings:

export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
scim -d


On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:31:09 -0600, Rachel Kronick
<rachel_kronick at jiawen.net> wrote:
> HI all,
> 
> I found this solution on the Linux Format forums at
> <http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB_14&file=index&action=viewtopic&topic=10062&forum=1&8>:
> 
> > as the rpm fox wasnt working at its best - some extensions didnt do what they were supposed to, "find" tool wanst working, etc- i managed to search about SCIM, which is the service thats bothering us. in order to install firefox, open a terminal and type:
> >
> >     code:
> >
> > scim -f x11 -c simple -ns socket -d
> > export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
> > export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
> > export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
> >
> >
> >
> > then, launch firefox-installer
> >
> > as youll need to type those instructions everytime you want to open firefox, the best thing to do, i guess, is adding then to the firefox script which launches the browser. just open "firefox" (shell script) with a text editor and copy paste them.
> >
> > anyway, i'd be so much thankful if anyone could explain me properly what those commands do. i know they work, dont know why.
> >
> > cheers
> 
> Does that help? It has allowed me to use SCIM with Firefox under
> Mandrake 10.1. However, it's not a very elegant fix. James, do you know
> anything about this? Is there a way to make SCIM work more easily with
> Firefox and other apps?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- Rachel Kronick
> 
> 
> 
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