David @ Tokyo

After fiddling around with im-switch I got my Japanese input method to work as expected, but immediately after having got this working I found a much easier way for me, being an E17 user.

Here are the steps:

1) Get the packages

$ sudo aptitude install scim scim-anthy

This part is of course the same, get scim and scim-anthy to get what you need (aptitude may pull im-switch here too, even though it's not actually needed, as we see below).

2) Next, open up the E17 Configuration Panel.

3) Scroll down to the "Language" category and select it.

4) The Items includes "Input Method Settings". Select this.

5) Click Advanced

6) Select "System" (we are going to use a scim configuration file for E17 that is provided with E17 by default).

7) The list should contain a "scim" option - select it. This will make scim your input method. Apply / OK or whatever to close the configuration menu.

8) Remove what is junk for us E17 users (only if you already have im-switch set up)

$ rm -f ~/.xinput.d; sudo aptitude purge im-switch

9) Restart X, and you will have E17 running scim for you on start up.

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