Chinese input on English locale

[Joel Rees]

I missed the top of this thread, but ...

On 2006/08/08, at 17:06, Stephen Liu wrote:

> Hi Sam,
>
> Tks for your advice.
>
>> I also have the following packages installed:
>>
>> iiimf-le-hangul-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-gtk-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-libs-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-docs-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-le-unit-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-le-chinput-0.3-19
>> iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.10-1
>> iiimf-le-canna-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-libs-devel-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-server-12.2-4.fc4.2
>> iiimf-x-12.2-4.fc4.2
>
> # yum list installed iiimf-*
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> # rpm -qa | grep iiimf
> No printout
>
> It seems they haven't been installed.  I'm running Scim.  Does it
> matter?

If the install hasn't completed, things aren't going to work as  
expected, I think.

>> To use Chinese input I must set LC_CTYPE and GTK_IM_MODULE.
>> Something like this:
>>
>> LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim thunderbird
>
> Which file shall I edit instead of exporting it each time before
> editing Chinese.  TIA

You've tried .bash_profile ?

But it shouldn't be this hard, I think.