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Typing Chinese in Linux


zhugeliang

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Hey all, I'd like to try out my Chinese but I have no idea how to type Chinese characters - any ideas? I'm in linux, I suppose that further compliates matters. Maybe I'll have to ask elsewhere but if any of you know software that can do it that'd be helpful!

Anyways, for now I'll stick with pinyin..

nimen haoma?

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Nevermind, it wasn't all that hard.

If anyone else ever has this problem, xcin is the program you need - I had it but the interface is very confusing (but nice once you figure it out) - google can be your friend.

你们好吗?

There :) Hopefully that shows up correctly for everyone else.

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Nevermind' date=' it wasn't all that hard.

If anyone else ever has this problem, xcin is the program you need - I had it but the interface is very confusing (but nice once you figure it out) - google can be your friend.

你们好吗?

There :) Hopefully that shows up correctly for everyone else.[/quote']

Hi, it seems you figure it out! Can you do me a favour? I made a on-line Pinying input tool on http://users.tpg.com.au/adslg8qs, but I have no chance to test it on other system than Windows, would you please just spend a few minuts to see if it works fine with Linux system, just test the one for Javascript is enought, thanks in advance.

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I have xcin working in Linux but need help on one thing. If using pinyin entry I type something like "yi", how do I get to the next set of characters after the initial display? I'm stuck on the first 10 characters that xcin presents.

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Under linux, I've found fcitx to be really useful http://www.fcitx.org. It's small, fast, and best of all has good support for wubizixing.

Regarding setting up Chinese input under Linux, a page I found to be really useful is http://dev.gentoo.org/~liquidx/chinese/chinese-v1.html. Although the page focuses on the gentoo distribution, the basic information it contains can be applied to any distro you want.

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