Following the steps on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=452018&highlight=skim+kde enabled me to start using SKIM on Kubuntu Gutsy and Hardy. But really SKIM should work out of the box in Kubuntu. It's a shame that my father, a hard-and-fast GNOME user is able to say "Ubuntu is better than Kubuntu for entering Indian languages" to a hard-and-fast KDE user like me.
** Summary changed: - Kubuntu East Asian language display and input not as good as Ubuntu + Kubuntu Indian & East Asian language display and input not as good as Ubuntu ** Description changed: Binary package hint: skim - Kubuntu's support for East Asian language display and input is not as - easy-to-use as Ubuntu's. + Kubuntu's support for Indian & East Asian language display and input is + not as easy-to-use as Ubuntu's. - For East Asian language display, Kubuntu's default Chinese font is - informal (rather than the formal font commonly used in Chinese - publications and software) and does not display all characters - correctly. I suggest that Kubuntu uses the open source Chinese font - "wenquanyi" whose homepage is http://wqy.sourceforge.net/en/ + For Indian & East Asian language input, Kubuntu uses SKIM but it is not + easy to set up and configure. On Ubuntu GNOME SCIM works out of the box. + SKIM should also work out of the box and allow typing in all the + languages for which input methods were installed at install time. The + ideal user experience is that the system automatically sets up commonly + used input methods and make them available in a SKIM tray icon after the + user indicates his working language during Kubuntu installation. We need + such a zero configuration treatment! - For East Asian language input, Kubuntu uses SKIM but it is not easy to - set up and configure. I ruined my SKIM that as soon as I click "Global - Setup" in its Configuration dialog box it will crash. The ideal user - experience is that the system automatically sets up commonly used input - methods and make them available in a SKIM tray icon after the user - indicates his working language during Kubuntu installation. We need such - a zero configuration treatment! + Also, Kubuntu's default Chinese font is informal (rather than the formal + font commonly used in Chinese publications and software) and does not + display all characters correctly. I suggest that Kubuntu uses the open + source Chinese font "wenquanyi" whose homepage is + http://wqy.sourceforge.net/en/ -- Kubuntu Indian & East Asian language display and input not as good as Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181300 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
