[SCIM] Re: From a newbie: problems in running scim

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> I did `# urpmi locales-zh', and after the installation the item
> `zh_CN.UTF-8' appeared in the output of `$ locale -a'
> (it was absent before), and also
> a new directory `zh_CN.UTF-8' was created in my `/usr/share/locale',
> so I suppose the locale zh_CN.UTF-8 is now installed in my system.
> Then I did `$ LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 emacs', activated scim with C-space
> and the smart pinyn input method was there;
> but when trying to input chinese characters I got chaos code instead:
>
> 中å½


LiuCougar wrote:

>did you install any Chinese Fonts in your system?


I installed scim-1.0.1.tar.gz and scim-chinese-0.4.2.tar.gz,
then I installed the Italian output with `# urpmi locales-it'
and I could properly input chinese characters with kwrite,
opening it with `$ LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 kwrite'.
Instead, when I did `$ LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 emacs',
I could not input input chinese characters but got chaos code.

Then I also installed scim-tables-0.4.3.tar.gz and the simsun.ttf font,
and the zh locale with `# urpmi locales-zh'.
Then I could properly input chinese characters with kwrite,
opening it with `$ LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 kwrite'.
Instead, when I did `$ LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 emacs',
I could not input chinese characters but got chaos code.

Regards,
Rodolfo