View source for Typing Japanese under MacOS X

* Prerequisites
 # Install canna with <code>fink install canna</code>
 # Install kinput2 with <code>fink install kinput2</code>

* Options
 You may have trouble with some utf-8 encoding.<br>
 In this case install fix-apple-x11 with <code>fink install fix-apple-x11</code>

* Temporary set up
 # Launch X11
 # Open an xterm and type in it:
  <code>export LANG<code>ja_JP.UTF-8; export XMODIFIERS</code>\"@im=kinput2\";</code>
 # Launch kinput2 with <code>kinput2 &</code>
 # Launch bluefish with <code>bluefish &</code>

* Usage
 Once in bluefish, use shift-space to activate the Xinput method.<br>

 You should see a small window with a Japanese glyph at the left corner of the bluefish window.<br>

 Enter the letters which compose the desired glyph, then press the space key, then hit enter to validate.<br>

 The gliph will be shown.<br>

 Exemple: enter <code>haruha,</code> then press space, then hit enter.

* Troubleshooting
 You may want to be sure that some environment variables are not in the way.<br>

 To do this, use <code>printenv</code><br>

 If you see LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE set, you have to deactivate them.<br>

 To do this, type in the xterm, before launching xinput2:<br>

 <code>unset LC_ALL; unset LC_MESSAGES; unset LC_CTYPE;</code>