Inputmethod in LiveCD
- The screenshot below is gcin in Puppy Linux version 2.16. Homepage: http://cle.linux.org.tw/gcin/
- Gcin supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages.
STEP by STEP
- get a GTK+ 2.x based LiveCD. Puppy Linux is a good choice.
- Setup your network, and make sure you can connect to internet.
- example shell script for Puppy Linux
#!/bin/sh # install Chinese font wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wqy/wqy-bitmapfont-pcf-0.8.1-7.tar.gz mkdir .fonts cd .fonts tar zxf ../wqy-bitmapfont-pcf-0.8.1-7.tar.gz wqy-bitmapfont/wenquanyi_12pt.pcf fc-cache cd .. # install gcin wget http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcin/gcin_1.3.3-1~dapper1_i386.deb mkdir -p /usr/share/gcin/script touch /usr/share/gcin/script/gcin-user-setup chmod 755 /usr/share/gcin/script/gcin-user-setup mkdir -p .gcin/config # This is necessary for Puppy Linux v2.16 echo 0 > .gcin/config/gcin-status-tray echo zo > .gcin/config/phonetic-keyboard cd .gcin dpkg-deb -x ../gcin_1.3.3-1~dapper1_i386.deb . cd .. # get last two lines of this script and put them into /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules tail -n 2 $0 >> /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules sed 's~/usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0~/usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0:/root/.gcin/usr/lib/libgcin-im-client.so.1~' /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin > mozilla-temp mv mozilla-temp /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin chmod 755 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin export GCIN_TABLE_DIR=/root/.gcin/usr/share/gcin/table /root/.gcin/usr/bin/gcin & echo echo echo export LD_PRELOAD=/root/.gcin/usr/lib/libgcin-im-client.so.1 echo exec echo # Data for /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules "/root/.gcin/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/immodules/im-gcin.so" "gcin" "gcin Input Method" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "*"
- export LD_PRELOAD before running your applications
export LD_PRELOAD=/root/.gcin/usr/lib/libgcin-im-client.so.1 leafpad &
FAQ
Q: Why I can not input Chinese in rxvt?
A: Only GTK+ 2.x based applications are supported.
