Re: Japanese Language Support? -- same system, multiple uses with multiple languages

[dave at tokyocomedy.com (Dave Gutteridge)]

>In UNIX/Linux, language settings are environmental variables.  All you
>would need to do is set a variable and export it before a program
>starts.  T
>
But if I understand this correctly, this would cause the interface of 
that program to be in Japanese as well. The only thing I want to make 
Japanese is my input. So, for example, when I use Firefox in Windows, 
all the menus and buttons are in English, but when I type a search into 
Google, I can do so with English or Japanese characters at my discretion.

>
>You can do either with X.  You can continue to use your English keyboard
>_and_ you can plug in a Japanese keyboard simultaneously. 
>
This is different from the desired functionality. I want to only need my 
one keyboard, my English one, and use it for English and Japanese input. 
As I do with Windows.

Dave