Linux FAQ's & Manuals


freewnn

freewnn is a client-server based input system. there are four different servers, one for japanese, one for korean, one for traditional chinese and one for simplified chinese.

depending on the languages you need, install the following rpms for freewnn

japanese:
fwnncom.rpm, fwnn.rpm
korean:
fwnncom.rpm, fkwnn.rpm
traditional chinese:
fwnncom.rpm, fcwnncom, ftwnn.rpm
simplified chinese:
fwnncom.rpm, fcwnncom, fcwnn.rpm

you can start the freewnn servers with:

     ~$ /etc/init.d/{fwnn,fcwnn,fkwnn,ftwnn} start 

if you set

     start_free_{wnn,cwnn,kwnn,twnn}="yes" 

in /etc/rc.config, the respective freewnn server will start automatically when booting.

clients available on suse linux which can use the japanese freewnn server are uum (see section 6.3.2), kinput2 (see sections 6.1.3 and 6.1.3.2), nicolatter (see section 6.1.4), and xemacs.

i think xemacs can directly use the korean and chinese freewnn servers too. it appears to work although i have not yet tested this very well.

2005-03-09