Japanese character input in Fossapup64, how to setup?

[gychang]

Neighbor is running Fossapup64, frugal install and able to view Japanese characters on web. He is interested in being able to input in a browser (vivaldi) and possibly in libreoffice. I have done it in past with Korean input using ibus, but can someone guide me on how to set this up?

[thinkpadfreak]

I have made language packs including Japanese input system (fcitx + anthy). They also include Japanese fonts and translations.

for fossapup64 9.5
https://sakurapup.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3503
for fossapup64 9.6
https://sakurapup.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3608

However, I have no idea whether they work fine in the English environment.

[gychang]

I have made language packs including Japanese input system (fcitx + anthy). They also include Japanese fonts and translations.

for fossapup64 9.5
https://sakurapup.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3503
for fossapup64 9.6
https://sakurapup.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3608

However, I have no idea whether they work fine in the English environment.

thanks will try it soon.

[thinkpadfreak]

I made a test, and it was possible to input Japanese under the English environment (en_US.UTF-8).

But it was necessary to manually adjust the setting of fcitx, probably because the language packs are intended to be used under the Japanese environment (ja_JP.UTF-8).

As it is already late at night over here in Japan, I will post more in detail later.

[thinkpadfreak]

The procedure is as follows:

Install the language pack (pet)
Restart X
Go to "fcitx configuration" in the menu
Press "+" icon
Uncheck "only show current language"
Search for "anthy"
Select "anthy" and press "OK"
Confirm that there are two items. One is the English keyboard (the Japanese keyboard in my case) and the other is anthy.
Restart X
Press [ctrl]+[space] to turn the input method on and off

If you would like to input Japanese on a Chromium-based browser run as spot, you will need to start it with the following command, specifying the "xim" im module:

Code: Select all

# run-as-spot env GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" brave-browser-stable

[gychang]

@thinkpadfreak thanks for the details instructions!, will try it today.