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How Do I Use Scim?

I've been trying to use Scim because I was told it can type in various different languages, but so far I've had no luck on using it.

Does anyone know how to configure it (GUI or Terminal) to type in the language I would like it to (Korean)?

This is covered in ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/s..._AND_HINTS.TXT

But you should consider using another app, such as iBus, because SCIM has not been maintained
upstream in a couple of years, and it does not look like Slackware will have a maintainer for it.

Well, the Korean language hasn't really changed in all that time, so it doesn't matter what I use but I would like to use scim to try and learn it.

It has nothing to do with the Korean language. The software you use is
not always written without bugs. It also has dependencies on other software
that is also not written without bugs. These software packages need updates
for security, and they also need to have patches when other software they
depend on are changed. In the last release of Slackware SCIM would segfault
and needed some patches. That time I supplied them:

Code:

ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-13.37/ChangeLog.txt

x/scim-1.4.9-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.

  Address stability issues with Firefox and other applications.

  Thanks to Bruce Hill for the patches.

x/scim-bridge-0.4.16-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.

  Address stability issues with Firefox and other applications.

  Thanks to Bruce Hill for the patches.

In the future I will not, and don't use SCIM anymore. Perhaps Slackware will
change to iBus in the future; unless someone wants to maintain SCIM, which
no longer has any maintainer.

Just follow the directions in the link given before. If you still have problems,
then post back what you did and what your specific error message is then.

Okay, I've decided to stick with Scim despite the fact that right now it's insecure. If Slackware does switch to iBus, I will too.

However, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to use scim even after reading CHANGES_AND_HINTS.txt, so I'm still wondering if anybody has used it before, and may know how to help me with this situation.

Please post what you have done and what does not work.

As CHANGES_AND_HINTS.txt said to, I left en_US the way it was for root, and simply only added utf-8 for my own profile.

Then, in scim setup I put the Keyboard Layout as English (American), and under Global Setup in IMEngine, I unchecked everything except Korean.

Shouldn't it be switching to Korean when I do Ctrl + Space (that's what the Trigger is set on under Global Settings in FrontEnd).

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.
Member now has a thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post4414696 in the Slackware forum