[SCIM] scim options are confusing

[Zhe Su]

Hi,
  If you are using scim 0.99.x, you just need add the following two
commands into your X startup script (eg. .xinitrc):

export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
scim -d

Regards
James Su

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:12:32 +0800, Greg Aumann <greg_aumann at sil.org> wrote:
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> I want to run scim on Gentoo Linux and be able to input simplfied
> Chinese in a UTF-8 locale. I have have compiled and installed scim
> successfully but I can't figure out the command line options that I
> should use because of the lack of documentation on these options.
> 
> Most of the information about scim is about how to compile and install
> it. There is very little about how to actually run it. The old project
> pages have the most but it is still very little.
> 
> I want to be able to input into kde apps, gnome/gtk apps and openoffice.
> I don't have much trouble getting scim to work with gtk apps but
> openoffice and kde are problems.
> 
> In gedit if I press ctl-space the little user interface appears and I
> can type Chinese. If I do it in kedit the scim icon in the taskbar
> disappears and I cannot use scim. If I move back to gedit the icon
> reappears and I can press ctl-space and input Chinese again. I have
> tried this on two computers, one with scim-m17n and one without. The
> results are the same.
> 
> Do I need to run scim twice with different options to be able to input
> into all these applications?
> 
> The -f option seems important. I know you can use
> - -f X11 or
> - -f socket
> But all the instructions say is use the X11 or the socket frontend but I
> don't understand the implications of either option.
> 
> There also seems to a -s option but that doesn't show when you do
> scim -h
> 
> Also a -ns option whose shortform doesn't show when you do a scim -h
> 
> Is skim required if I want to input into kde apps or is skim only needed
> if you a kde style user interface?
> 
> configuration information is below
> 
> thanks for your help
> Greg
> 
> locale:
> - ----------------------------
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> 
> .xinitrc (I am not using a GUI login manager so .xinitrc is being run)
> - ----------------------------
> export XMODIFIERS="@im=scim"
> export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
> /usr/bin/scim -f x11 -d
> startkde
> 
> I have done
> gtk-query-immodules-2.0 > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
> and the last line of /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules is
> - ------------------------------------------------------
> "/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/immodules/im-scim.so"
> "scim" "SCIM Input Method" "scim" "/usr/share/locale" "ko:ja:zh"
> 
> I have edited /etc/scim/global so to change the first line:
> - ------------------------------------------------------
> /SupportedUnicodeLocales = en_US.UTF-8,en_AU.UTF-8
> /DefaultPanelProgram = scim-panel-gtk
> /DefaultConfigModule = simple
> /DefaultSocketFrontEndAddress = local:/tmp/scim-socket-frontend
> /DefaultSocketIMEngineAddress = local:/tmp/scim-socket-frontend
> /DefaultSocketConfigAddress = local:/tmp/scim-socket-frontend
> /DefaultPanelSocketAddress = local:/tmp/scim-panel-socket
> /DefaultSocketTimeout = 5000
> 
> If I do scim -l I get:
> Smart Common Input Method 0.99.6
> 
> Available FrontEnd module:
> ~    socket
> ~    x11
> 
> Available Config module:
> ~    gconf
> ~    simple
> ~    socket
> ~    dummy
> 
> Available IMEngine module:
> ~    pinyin
> ~    rawcode
> ~    socket
> ~    table
> 
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