Japanese on Linux - 3

[Merv Curley]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, Madison Kelly wrote:
> Gary Layng wrote:
> > I'm learning the Japanese language.  My sensei, having had enough of
> > viruses and worms and spyware and miscellaneous other pieces of the Wow
> > that is Windows, is asking about Linux.
> >
> > What I need to know is, how do I set up a nice modern distribution to
> > allow for dual language input in e-mail: English and Japanese.
> >
> > All the sites I've been able to Google are quite aged, and basically are
> > intended for high end sysadmins, not the "spell it out for me and don't
> > skip a step" types like Your Humble Correspondent.  What's the state of
> > the art procedures in setting up a nice modern home (emphasis on "home")
> > PC with the ability to use Japanese input on its e-mail program?  Any
> > leads as to where to look?
> >
> > Preferred distributions would be the more common ones, like Mandriva or
> > Ubuntu.
> >
> > If the website's in Japanese, that's OK.
>
> Hi,
>
>    I'm also learning (couple years now) and have no trouble using
> kana/kanji input on Ubuntu. Simply install the following (from my notes):
>
> sudo apt-get install thunderbird-locale-ja ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10
> ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho unifont
> uim-anthy uim-applet-gnome  language-pack-gnome-ja language-pack-ja
> language-pack-kde-ja language-support-ja
>
>    Some of those you may or may not want, they're just all I installed.
> The main ones are 'uim-anthy uim-applet-gnome'. Once they're installed,
> restart Gnome and add the applet to your panel by right-click -> Add to
> Panel -> Input Method Indicator. You may or may not need to restart again.
>
>    At this point, you will see the tool on your panel. It's default
> method is plain ascii input. You can set defaults, change hot keys and
> so forth easily. You can also choose to set it to change input for a
> single window or the entire desktop. When anthy is active, you switch
> between romanji and kana/kanji input by pressing 'shift + space'. It can
> also be set to support half-width kana, default between
> hiragana/katakana and so on. I've found the library to choose kanji is
> extremely intelligent and accurate, too. It has no trouble choosing the
> right kanji using various variations caused by verb conjugation, short
> forms and so on.
>
>    If you or your teacher need any help, I'm more than happy to help.
>
> がんばってよ！
>
> Madi
>
> PS - Where are you studying?
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