Re: SuSE 9.3 Compose keys (right shift + ctrl)

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Mike FABIAN wrote:

Hallo Mike,

the .xim hint at the end did the trick!

Finalement, ça va bie!


Nur der Vollständigkeit halber:

> That means now we should to check why scim doesn't work correctly for
> you.
>
> - Which scim related packages do you have installed?
>  Check with 'rpm -qa | grep scim'.

scim-1.2.0-4
>
> - Is scim running when you have started your X-session?
>  Check with 'ps aux | grep scim', this command should list
>  two processes called scim-launcher and possibly other
>  scim related processes like 'scim-panel-gtk, scim-helper-manager,
>  ...'
>

Yes: two scim-launchers.

> - What happens if you type "Shift+Space" or "Control+Space"?
>  If scim is running and working correctly, a scim or skim panel
>  should pop up, showing the currently selected input method.

On the shell, I get just a " ", and on the desktop, I walk through
the icons printer, network browsing, ...



>    - uninstall everything related to scim

Nono.
>
> or
>
>    - add a file ~/.xim in the home directories of the
>      users who do not wish to use scim with the following
>      contents:

Yesyes.
>
>        export XMODIFIERS=@im=local       # use "Compose"
>        export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
>        export QT_IM_SWITCHER=imsw-none   # disable input method switching in Qt
>        export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
>
> The second method is better in my opinion because you can leave scim
> installed and other users on your machine can still use scim if they
> like.

Thanks again for solving my problem!

Cheers, Peter.

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