[SCIM] Help getting scim to run on Debian

[Zhengzhu Feng]

Maybe I can help with that. I hacked up a simple one using the
emacs/mule pinyin input table. If you can point me to a better table,
say with phrases and frequencies, I can put them together.

Also, any plan on providing a debian package?

-zhengzhu

suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn wrote:

>Yes, I'm going to make a pinyin table if I have enough time.
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>Regards
>James Su
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>>From:Zhengzhu Feng <fengzz at cs.umass.edu>
>>Reply-To:=20
>>To: suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn
>>Subject: Re: [SCIM] Help getting scim to run on Debian
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>>Thanks, That solved the problem!
>>
>>I see there is a close-source smart pinyin input module in RPM format,
>>but no general pinyin input method provided by the scim and scim-table
>>package. Since I am running debian I can't install the redhat package. =
I
>>wonder why there is no "dumm" pinyin included in the scim-table package=
?
>>It seems the interface is there, and there are dictionaries floating
>>around the net.
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>>
>>-zhengzhu
>>
>>suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn wrote:
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>>>Please don't use zh_CN.gb2312. Use zh_CN or zh_CN.GBK instead. Officia=
l XFree86
>>>4.3.0 has a bug in supporting zh_CN.gb2312 locale.
>>>
>>>And you may ignore the socket server error and the unknown attr error.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>James Su
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>>>>From:Zhengzhu Feng <fengzz at cs.umass.edu>
>>>>Reply-To: Smart Common Input Method platform <scim at freedesktop.org>
>>>>To: scim at freedesktop.org
>>>>Subject: [SCIM] Help getting scim to run on Debian
>>>>
>>>>Hi all!
>>>>
>>>>I am searching for a Chinese input solution in Linux and come across=20
>>>>this project, which looks very promising. However I am having some=20
>>>>problem getting it to run correctly. I am running Debian=20
>>>>testing/unstable mixed. Here is what I did:
>>>>
>>>>1. download scim-0.9.6 as well as scim-tables-0.3.5. no problem=20
>>>>compiling/installing.
>>>>2. open an xterm, and run scim. seems fine, but it failed to load the=
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>>>>socket server module. here is the output:
>>>>
>>>>fengzz at x31:~$ scim
>>>>Smart Common Input Method 0.9.6
>>>>
>>>>Loading simple Config module ...
>>>>Creating backend ...
>>>>Loading Server module: rawcode ...
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 0 ... : OK
>>>>rawcode Server module is successfully loaded.
>>>>Loading Server module: socket ...
>>>>Failed to load socket Server module.
>>>>Loading Server module: table ...
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 0 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 1 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 2 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 3 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 4 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 5 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 6 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 7 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 8 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 9 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 10 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 11 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 12 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 13 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 14 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 15 ... : OK
>>>>  Loading Server Factory 16 ... : OK
>>>>table Server module is successfully loaded.
>>>>Loading x11 FrontEnd module ...
>>>>Starting SCIM ...
>>>>
>>>>3. open another xterm, and do
>>>> export LC_CTYPE=3Dzh_CN.gb2312; export XMODIFIERS=3D at im=3DSCIM
>>>> (I am using bash)
>>>>4. run some program in this xterm, say crxvt-gb. within crxvt-gb, I c=
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>>>>activate the input panel by "ctrl-shift"; I can type some letter to g=
et=20
>>>>a list of Chinese characters; but when I choose one of them by pressi=
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>>>>a number key, I get no Chinese character in the crxvt-gb window (as i=
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>>>>typed in nothing). I tried mozilla as well as emacs, they all behave =
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>>>>same. On the other hand, I can get xcin to work correctly with these=20
>>>>applications.
>>>>
>>>>another observation in this case: if I turn off the input panel by=20
>>>>"ctrl-shift" again, I can type in English letter as normal. But each =
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>>>>I pressed, I got a "scim_x11_ic.cpp(373):Unknown attr: inputStyle"=20
>>>>message from the consol running scim.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for your help!
>>>>
>>>>-zhengzhu
>>>>
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