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| SCIM is a useful alternative to xkb for switching between keyboard layouts. SCIM provides some functions that xkb does not. I personally use it to type ancient Greek, pointed Hebrew, and Chinese. | SCIM is a useful alternative to xkb for switching between keyboard layouts. SCIM provides some functions that xkb does not. I personally use it to type ancient Greek, pointed Hebrew, and Chinese. | ||
| - | ===== How to set up SCIM in XFCE ===== | + | ===== How to set up SCIM in Xfce ===== |
| - | SCIM is no more difficult to setup in XFCE than in Gnome or KDE. The easiest, user-level way to set up SCIM is to edit the .Xsession file: | + | SCIM is no more difficult to setup in Xfce than in GNOME or KDE. The easiest, user-level way to set up SCIM is to edit the .Xsession file: |
| LANG=en_US.UTF-8 | LANG=en_US.UTF-8 | ||
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| - | Set LANG to your own local language, of course. SCIM should work as long as the locale is UTF-8. After doing this, SCIM will work in XFCE by default. | + | Set "LANG" |
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| - | Good luck, and have fun. | + | |