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<p>New page: * Prerequisites # Install canna with &lt;code&gt;fink install canna&lt;/code&gt; # Install kinput2 with &lt;code&gt;fink install kinput2&lt;/code&gt; * Options You may have trouble with some utf-8 encoding.&lt;b...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Prerequisites<br /> # Install canna with &lt;code&gt;fink install canna&lt;/code&gt;<br /> # Install kinput2 with &lt;code&gt;fink install kinput2&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> * Options<br /> You may have trouble with some utf-8 encoding.&lt;br&gt;<br /> In this case install fix-apple-x11 with &lt;code&gt;fink install fix-apple-x11&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> * Temporary set up<br /> # Launch X11<br /> # Open an xterm and type in it:<br /> &lt;code&gt;export LANG&lt;code&gt;ja_JP.UTF-8; export XMODIFIERS&lt;/code&gt;\&quot;@im=kinput2\&quot;;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> # Launch kinput2 with &lt;code&gt;kinput2 &amp;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> # Launch bluefish with &lt;code&gt;bluefish &amp;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> * Usage<br /> Once in bluefish, use shift-space to activate the Xinput method.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> You should see a small window with a Japanese glyph at the left corner of the bluefish window.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Enter the letters which compose the desired glyph, then press the space key, then hit enter to validate.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> The gliph will be shown.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Exemple: enter &lt;code&gt;haruha,&lt;/code&gt; then press space, then hit enter.<br /> <br /> * Troubleshooting<br /> You may want to be sure that some environment variables are not in the way.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> To do this, use &lt;code&gt;printenv&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> If you see LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE set, you have to deactivate them.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> To do this, type in the xterm, before launching xinput2:&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;code&gt;unset LC_ALL; unset LC_MESSAGES; unset LC_CTYPE;&lt;/code&gt;</div>

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