Re: How to input chinese characters with `scim'?

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:

>> Is out there any Scim user?  I want to input chinese characters with Emacs
>> and
>> Scim, but when I do `C-space' the scim bar does not appear at all. I have
>> Debian Etch.



Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Any reason why the Chinese input methods that come with Emacs are not
> good enough for your needs?  Type "C-u C-\ chinese TAB TAB" (yes, TAB
> twice), and you will be presented with a long list of input methods to
> select from.  Their advantage is that they will work on any system,
> even if scim is not installed, and I bet the choice of methods is
> larger than what you have with scim.



Enno Schwass <ennoausberlin@mac.com> writes:

>
> I used scim for japanese input on ubuntu last year, but I returned to
> the native emacs input method. It fits my needs perfect. Did you tried it?


Thanks for your suggestion.

With `chinese-py' input method I can input simplified Chinese characters;
instead with `chinese-py-b5' there are only white squares.  What am I missing?
In my .emacs I put the following stuff:

   (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec "-isas-fangsong
    ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0" t)

        (set-language-environment "Chinese-GB")
        (set-selection-coding-system 'cn-gb-2312)
        (set-clipboard-coding-system 'cn-gb-2312)
        (set-keyboard-coding-system 'cn-gb-2312)
        (setq locale-coding-system 'cn-gb-2312)
        (set-terminal-coding-system  'chinese-iso-8bit)
        (setq default-input-method 'chinese-py-punct)


.  Thanks for further help!
Rodolfo