Fedora Core 1 Install - Chinese
- Install Fedora
- Select only English(USA) locale.
- Select and install packages Gnome, Development, Kernel Development, Gnome Development and X Development
- Install Fonts
- Copy Microsoft Windows's TrueType fonts to /usr/share/fonts/windows
The fonts are available at \WINNT\Fonts or similar directory.
Create the directory if no exist.
Launch the following commands,
# cd /usr/share/fonts/windows
# ttmkfdir .
# cp fonts.scale fonts.dir
# chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/windows
- Fonts
(Arial) - arial.ttf arialbd.ttf arialbi.ttf ariali.ttf
(Courier New) - cour.ttf courbi.ttf courbd.ttf couri.ttf
(Tahoma) - tahoma.ttf tahomabd.ttf
(Verdana) - verdana.ttf verdanab.ttf verdanai.ttf verdanaz.ttf
(Simplified Chinese) - simsun.ttc
(Traiditional Chinese) - mingliu.ttc
(Kroea) - batang.ttc gulim.ttc
(Japenese) - msgothic.ttc msmincho.ttc
- Install Input Method
- SCIM
Smart Common Input Method platform
http://www.turbolinux.com.cn/~suzhe/scim/
We can use SCIM in English locale (en_US.UTF-8)
- Download
- Main Program
scim-0.8.2-1.i586.rpm
http://www.turbolinux.com.cn/~suzhe....8.2-1.i586.rpm
- Smart Pinyin
scim-chinese-0.2.6-1.i586.rpm
http://www.turbolinux.com.cn/~suzhe....2.6-1.i586.rpm
- Install
# rpm -hUv scim*.rpm
- Configure
- Modify /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xinput
Apply the following patch
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< XIM="none"
---
> # XIM="none"
> if [ -e /usr/bin/scim ]; then
> XIM="SCIM"
> fi
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> SCIM)
> XIM_PROGRAM=scim
> XIM_ARGS="-d" ;;
Also change zh_CN*), zh_TW*), etc. to use SCIM if you want
- Modify /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
Apply the following patch
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< "xim" "X Input Method" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "ko:ja:zh"
---
> "xim" "X Input Method" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "en:ko:ja:zh"
Also comment the IMs you don't need
- Done
Restart X
- Patch usage
# patch -f <PATCHFILE> <FILETOPATCH> -b
