> Hello Akira, thank you for your help. I have made sure that httx is > running (which starts htt_xbe - I don't know what that is) and started > my Java program with LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 (or LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8) and > XMODIFIERS=@im=htt but Java will not recognize the input method. > Running in a Japanese session, it does recognize it just fine though, so > for now I will just log into a Japanese session. I would like to know > why it won't work in an English environment though. If I am running > httx, htt_xbe, cannaserver, htt, and have LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 and > XMODIFIER=@im=htt Java should allow for Japanese input using htt, right? httx need to be run on particular locale you got to use it on to enable the bridging with XIM. In your case that will be running 'LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 httx' Cheers, Leon