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| Many people are confused as to whether they should be using SCIM or UIM for extended character input. Both offer an effective way of typing Japanese characters into Ubuntu. Both can use 'Anthy' which is the system of converting western keystrokes into Japanese characters. SCIM is currently the default system and for many people is quite suitable. Many other distributions of linux use SCIM and therefore some people might be quite used to it. UIM on the other hand is slightly easier to install and is also more stable and compatible. Specifically for applications that were not written for GTK (Gnome) or QT (KDE), UIM tends to work better. So if you're thinking of running Java applications for example, go with UIM. | Many people are confused as to whether they should be using SCIM or UIM for extended character input. Both offer an effective way of typing Japanese characters into Ubuntu. Both can use 'Anthy' which is the system of converting western keystrokes into Japanese characters. SCIM is currently the default system and for many people is quite suitable. Many other distributions of linux use SCIM and therefore some people might be quite used to it. UIM on the other hand is also quite popular and many people who have had compatibility issues with SCIM choose to use UIM. In there have been issues with both input methods, though today they are both reasonably stable and most of the compatibility problems ironed out. |
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| For information on how to install SCIM, please click here: | [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7.04|Ubuntu 7.04]] [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7%2e10_using_SCIM|Ubuntu 7.10]] [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_8.04_using_SCIM|Ubuntu 8.04]] [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_8.10_using_SCIM|Ubuntu 8.10]] |
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| https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7%2e10_using_SCIM | For information on how to install a Japanese input setup with UIM, please click here: [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7%2e10|Ubuntu 7.10]] |
Japanese Input
This article provides information on installing Japanese input method using 2 alternatives.
SCIM or UIM?
Many people are confused as to whether they should be using SCIM or UIM for extended character input. Both offer an effective way of typing Japanese characters into Ubuntu. Both can use 'Anthy' which is the system of converting western keystrokes into Japanese characters. SCIM is currently the default system and for many people is quite suitable. Many other distributions of linux use SCIM and therefore some people might be quite used to it. UIM on the other hand is also quite popular and many people who have had compatibility issues with SCIM choose to use UIM. In there have been issues with both input methods, though today they are both reasonably stable and most of the compatibility problems ironed out.
For information on how to install a Japanese input setup with SCIM, please click here:
Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10
For information on how to install a Japanese input setup with UIM, please click here: