[Uim] problem using uim

[Jan Willem Stumpel]

yusuke at cherubim.icw.co.jp wrote:
>> But the only input method I get is "direct". I can activate
>> the "switcher" by right-clicking on the systray icon, but it
>> only offers "direct" and nothing else. What am I doing wrong?
>> 
> 
> Could you invoke `uim-pref-gtk' command and click edit button
> in `Input method deployment' section and choose suitable input
> methods?

I can now. I'm sure I tried this before and it did not work, but
for some reason it works now, thanks. Methods which are chosen are 
not immediately available in the input method switcher, though; 
only after restarting X.

There is a strange problem: I am using icewm. If I leave X, then 
restart X, uim's systray icon is no longer visible. To get it back 
(and to see the changes made by the uim preference tool) I have to 
reboot the computer completely. There must be a better way; what 
could it be?

Apart from these problems, though, the new uim is vastly improved. 
I can input にほんご and simple accented characters like ä, ó in 
all programs, in an English UTF-8 locale. More "complicated" 
accented characters like ŭ, ŏ can be entered in text-mode programs 
and in Openoffice, but strangely not in Mozilla. It would be nice 
if this could be made to work also.

Regards, Jan