Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by JensPetersen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/I18n The comment on the change is: updates for test2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - {{{ - Fedora Core 5 Release Notes Content is marked like this. - }}} = Internationalization (i18n) = This section includes information related to the support of various languages under Fedora Core. == Input Methods == - {{{ - SCIM (Simple Common Input Method) has replaced IIIMF as the input method system for Asian and other languages in Fedora Core in this release. SCIM uses {{{Ctrl-Space}}} as the default trigger key to toggle on and off the input method, though it is easy to change the hotkey or add hotkeys with the SCIM setup configuration tool. Japanese users can now use the {{{Zenkaku_Hankaku}}} key to toggle between native and ASCII input. + The default Gtk Input Method Module for SCIM (Simple Common Input Method) is now scim-bridge + contributed by Ryo Dairiki. SCIM is no longer linked against libstdc++so7 and scim-qtimm + is working again. + + ||'''Language'''||'''Trigger hotkey'''|| + ||Japanese||{{{Zenkaku_Hankaku}}} or {{{Alt-`}}}|| + ||Korean||Shift-Space|| + ||other||Ctrl-Space|| === Installation === - SCIM should be installed and run by default for Asian language desktops. Otherwise the required packages can be installed using the language support section of the package manager ({{{pirut}}}) or running: + SCIM should be installed by default for most Asian installs. Otherwise the required packages can be installed using the language support section of the package manager ({{{pirut}}}) or running: {{{su -c 'yum groupinstall <language>-support' ##}}} @@ -31, +34 @@ Indian and other languages: {{{scim-m17n m17n-db-<language>}}} - If your desktop is not running in an Asian locale, to activate it in your user account, run these commands, then logout and login again to your desktop. - {{{mkdir ~/.xinput.d - ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim ~/.xinput.d/default + If scim is installed it will now run by default for all users. + Users who do not wish to run scim on their desktop can disable it + create an empty file: + {{{echo > ~/.xinputrc ##}}} === SCIM applet and toolbar === @@ -42, +46 @@ Clicking the left mouse button on the applet activates a SCIM language switching menu for changing the current Input Method Engine. The menu only appears when an application using the Input Method has focus. Clicking the right mouse button on the applet or SCIM toolbar activates the setup menu. - === SCIM configuration === - You can configure SCIM and IMEs using the setup configuration tool available from the setup menu. In the IME general configuration panel, you can select which languages or IMEs appear on the language switching menu. - - === New conversion engines === - {{{anthy}}}, a new Japanese conversion engine replaces the old Canna server system, - and {{{libchewing}}}, a new Traditional Chinese conversion engine, has been added. - - == Fonts == - - Support is now available for synthetic emboldening of fonts that do not have a bold face. - - New fonts for Chinese have been added: AR PL Shan``Hei``Sun Uni (`uming.ttf`) and AR PL Zen``Kai Uni (`ukai.ttf`). The default font is AR PL Shan``Hei``Sun Uni, which contains embedded bitmaps. If you prefer outline glyphs you can put the following section in your `~/.font.conf` file: - - {{{ - <fontconfig> - <match target="font"> - <test name="family" compare="eq"> - <string>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</string> - </test> - <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign"> - <bool>false</bool> - </edit> - </match> - </fontconfig> - ##}}} - - == gtk2 IM submenu == - The Gtk2 context menu IM submenu no longer appears by default. You can enable it on the command line with the following command: - {{{gconftool-2 --type bool --set '/desktop/gnome/interface/show_input_method_menu' true - ##}}} - == Pango Support in Firefox == Firefox in Fedora Core is built with Pango, which provides better support for certain scripts, such as Indic and some CJK scripts. Fedora has the permission of the Mozilla Corporation to use the Pango system for text renderering. To disable the use of Pango, set {{{MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1}}} in your environment before launching Firefox. - }}}
