[SCIM] Re: Japanese Keyboard layout

[Mike FABIAN]

"Amish Rughoonundon (RIT Student)" <axr0284@rit.edu> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B:

>  I was wondering if there was a way to be able to type in japanese
>  characters one at a time when I type the corresponding key. So q
>  would map onto a character and w would map onto another following
>  the Hiragana/Katakana (JIS layout). Thanks

Yes.

You can use scim-anthy or uim-anthy via scim-uim to achieve that.
Both input methods have a button in the scim-panel where you
can switch between

     $B%m!<%^;z!!(B  (romaji layout)
$B!!!!(B $B$+$J(B        (JIS layout)

uim-anthy even offers yet another layout called AZIK.

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