i use uim too, but on wmii. scim had have C++ ABI issue ago that was resolved by scim-bridge though. and I heard a rumor that scim devs switch to ibus. uim ships w/ sigscheme, it's fun to me.
2010/3/9 Alex Matviychuk <alex...@gmail.com>: > Hi Benito, > > I use UIM for Japanese input in dwm on a daily basis. I have > shift+space mapped to toggle between Japanese and English input. It > was fairly painless to setup, just had to add this to my .xinitrc: > > export GTK_IM_MODULE='uim' > export QT_IM_MODULE='uim' > uim-xim & > export xmodifie...@im='uim' > > I can use the gtk panel too under dwm if I need to mess with settings just > fine. > > I'm not as familiar with SCIM, but maybe this wiki can offer some help > (lots of distro agnostic info can be gleaned from there): > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Smart_Common_Input_Method_platform > > Hope that helps! > > がんばてね。 > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Benito Cachinero > <benito.cachin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've gleefuly merged from Gnome + Metacity to a plain X session with dwm on >> top. No complaints, and it has done everything I need it to, but I'm >> stumbling on getting a XIM/SCIM toolbar to work for an IME. I need to use >> CJK characters on a daily basis, so I find myself popping back into Gnome >> with dwm on top in order to do this. It does work in Gnome, but I have no >> idea what differs in that setup to enable it to launch. >> >> Here is the relevant part of my .xinitrc where I am starting to launch SCIM: >> http://pastebin.com/EWLRCCbq >> >> Based on the log, the SCIM daemon is indeed successfully loading in the >> background: >> http://pastebin.com/2nrCdf5L >> >> But the keys assigned to pulling it up don't do anything. I first thought >> that maybe dwm was stealing input with its own modkeys, so I mapped the SCIM >> launching (in scim setup) to different keys, but this didn't work. >> >> I'm wondering if this has something to do with the fact that the panel is >> designed for use in GTK and has been configured as part of Gnome and its >> keybindings. >> >> Does anyone have experience running an IME like scim-anthy (which is more >> than a key overlay - it needs a dictionary of words for word completion from >> Japanese syllabary to kanji) in dwm? >> >> I didn't find any relevant help online, perhaps because XIM/SCIM is a >> perennial problem regardless of environment. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Benito Cachinero >> > >
