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[levian]

hi Irihapeti,

thanks for the kind reply.

[Irihapeti]

levian:

You only need to make sure that the wenquanyi folder is in /usr/share/fonts and then reboot or restart the x-server. At least, that's all I've ever done.

If you got a missing dependency error when installing scim-bridge, check that you are not using a version of scim compiled by someone else. That's the only reason I can think of for the error.

[levian]

hi Irihapeti,

thanks for the kind reply. i placed my wenquanyi under /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-bitmapfont/. when i opened up geany's font, i can see WenQuanYi Bitmap Song n WenQuanYi Zen Hei, but under the previews are all english ABCs. is that how it is supposed to be?

i downloaded these packages from /members/Irihapeti/

scim-1.4.7-i486.pet
scim-bridge-0.4.15-i486.pet
scim-pinyin-0.5.91-i486.pet
gtk-2.12.1-xinput

i continued n installed the rest of these packages too yesterday,

m17n-db-1.5.1-i486.pet
m17n-lib-1.5.1-i486.pet
scim-tables-0.5.8-i486.pet

n also another chinese localization package from http://dotpups.de/puppy4/dotpups/Localization/Chinese/

zh_e-400.pet

for the bridge error, first i tried - scim-bridge-qt4-p4.pet n received the error of missing library files for: libQtGui.so.4 libQtyCore.so.4. then i tried scim-bridge-0.4.16-i486.pet n received the error of missing dependencies: libscim-1.0.so.8.


updates:
i managed to get it working after reinstalling a fresh copy of puppy. there were still missing dependencies error but so far everything is working fine. i can read n input chinese characters now. thank you so much, Irihapeti!!

[Irihapeti]

levian:
The missing files when you install scim-bridge-qt4 are in qt4-4.3.4-p2.pet

You will need that package only if you are going to run qt4 applications.

Anyway, I'm glad it's working.

[levian]

hi Irihapeti,

should i install qt4-4.3.4-p2.pet after it is working now?
i have installed so much packages that it stuck at "If X failed to start, type "xorgwizard" to setup X" error during start up, therefore i ended up reinstalling my puppy instead.

all that is left is having my printer install.
do you happen to know anyone who can help me with it? sorry for so much trouble, i am not literate with linux. most of the time, it is try n error for me. hehe.

[Irihapeti]

[levian]

hi Irihapeti,

i already posted under the hardware section.
it's true, all it takes is the experience to make us grow accustom to it.
thanks for your assist for the past few days!

[kensuguro]

any hints for scim-anthy on puppy 4.2.1?
I installed everything, and it all seems to be working.
I can call up scim with ctrl-space, and get anthy to show up, actually type and see hiragana.. except, when I press space to convert to kanji, nothing happens. I can also press enter to commit the hiragana..
Is this a known issue?

I've installed:
anthy-9100e
all the gtk+ packages
scim-1.4.7
scim-anthy-1.2.6
scim-bridge-0.4.15

seems it's extremely close to working.. just no kanji.. any help appreciated.

[Irihapeti]

kensuguro:

You need one more package: gconv4dingo.pet

I knew it was needed for scim-canna in Puppy 4. I didn't realise it was also needed for scim-anthy.

I've updated the new wiki page to include this information.

[Irihapeti]

For those who are interested, I've uploaded the latest versions of the m17n database and libraries, plus the anthy server. They are available from the usual download locations.

[Irihapeti]

Another addition to the range of input methods for SCIM:

scim-chewing-0.3.3-i486.pet and its associated library, libchewing-0.3.2-i486.pet

These are for Traditional Chinese input.

They are available from puppylinux.asia and should be available from puppylinux.ca in a day or so (Caneri has to move them to the public download area).

[kjoe]

Hello all,
using the SCIM packages in Puppy 4.30 according to the instructions by Irihapeti works perfectly well for most applications (Geany, OpenOffice, Mozilla,...)
I just could not get Skype to use SCIM. Ctrl + Enter does not switch the input method. I've installed:

anthy-9100h-i486
canna-3.7p3-i486
gconv4dingo
gtk+-2.12.1-xinput
libGLU-1.3
libqt4_4.4.3-1
m17n-db-1.5.5-i486
m17n-lib-1.5.5-i486
qt4-4.3.2
qt4-4.3.4-p2
scim-1.4.9-i486
scim-anthy-1.2.6-i486
scim-bridge-0.4.16-i486
scim-bridge-qt4-p4
scim-canna-1.0.1-i486
scim-m17n-0.2.3-i486
scim-pinyin-0.5.91-i486
scim-tables-0.5.9-i486
wxGTK-2.8.8-i486

Am I missing anything?
Has anyone got Skype to work with SCIM?

Any suggestions are welcome - thanks in advance.

kjoe

[Irihapeti]

There is a set of programs that fall outside of the scope of the Scim GTK and QT modules.

Java programs belong to this group, and I read just the other day that Skype does as well.

I've had no luck in getting Java programs to work with Scim in Puppy, although they do in other Linux distros.

Maybe I need to look at Puppy 4.3 to see if it's now possible.

And, of course, if anyone else knows how to get these non-GTK, non-QT programs working with scim, please let us know.

Edit: Sorry, the problem with Java is still there in Puppy 4.30

[Aitch]

Hi Irihapeti

[kjoe]

Hi Irihapeti,
thank you for your quick response. I always thought, that Skype was a QT-based program, because the actual Linux version requires Qt 4.2.1+.

So I tried to find a solution and at least found it. There was a missing package "scim-bridge-client-qt4". I downloaded it from debian server:

http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/scim-bridge/scim-bridge-client-qt4_0.4.14-1_i386.deb

I am really excited. Although its working in Skype now, it still does not in Java (tested using jedit).

kjoe