Ubuntu Input Languages

For those that want to be able to type in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, Ubuntu comes with a prepackaged application called SCIM. There is, however, a trick needed to get it working properly.

Go to System > Administration > Language Support. Then select the languages you want. Check the Enable support to enter complex characters. If it s already checked, you must uncheck it, click Apply, then recheck it. Hit Apply now. Log out and log back in.

Now you should see a little icon in the top right that looks like a keyboard. That's good. Supposedly, you can now hit Control + Space, and it should toggle through your input options. However, in Ubuntu 7.10, it doesn't.

Do the following:

>sudo gedit /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim

Change:

GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
QT_IM_MODULE=xim

To:

GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
QT_IM_MODULE="scim"

Save and exit. Log out and log back in.

Now, when you're at an input, you can simply hit Control + Space, and it will toggle through your input options.

Enjoy!


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