How to type Japanese in EVERY!! application.
1) $ sudo apt-get install uim anthy scim-gtk2-immodule scim-uim
2) Create a file called 75custom-write_japanese in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
3) Paste the following into it
export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
export XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
4) sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Select en_US.UTF-8 as default, it may be already.
5)System->Preferences->Sessions
Startup Programs Add scim -d
I left the order at 50
5a)For KDE users/Kubuntu users
Create a file startscim in .kde/Autostart/
Paste the following text.
#!/bin/sh
scim -d
Then
chmod 744 startscim
6)Restart X or Reboot, Welcome to Japanese Input!
I did not create any of these steps. This was all done by jalosxal http://www.mepis.org/node/5638 a mepis user. and http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/JapaneseInputHowto
The only thing I added was Adding it to auto start with gnome.
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