Hello, There is an alternative way (other than the one suggested by Johhy Hughes) that is provided by KDE. On startup kde executes all scripts in ~/.kde/Autostart but these scripts can NOT modify the global/future environment (setting variables like XMODIFIERS and LC_TYPE) as you did notice... ...but there is a way! kde has another special directory ~/.kde/env that works the same way _BUT_ adds to the global/future environment. So you could add the suggested piece of shell-script to (for example) ~/.kde/env/jap_input.sh /Peter On Saturday 13 August 2005 11.15, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > I've got it so that I can enable Japanese input into an application by > typing the following at a command prompt (with FireFox, for example): > [dave at localhost ~]$ kinput2 -canna & > [1] 10631 > [dave at localhost ~]$ XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 firefox > > However, I would rather not have to type in all that craziness each time > I want to start an application. Further, instead of having to configure > each application individually, it would be better to have this setting > just on all the time for every application, both existing and new. > > I was under the impression this was possible. Following advice gained > elswhere, I thought I could put the following into /etc/X11/Xresources: > ! Japanese Input > #!/bin/sh > XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 > kinput2 -canna & > > But doing so results in Japanese input not being available for any > application. > > I'm using KDE, and I learned that I should be able to put any shell > script in the ~/.kde/Autostart/ directory and have it launch on start. > So I put a file there called j-input.sh, changed it's permissions with > chmod 755, and put the same commands that I had in Xresources. > > But still no result. > > Long story short: How do I get these command line settings to be > permanently on: > XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 > kinput2 -canna & > > Dave -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Kjellström | National Supercomputer Centre | Sweden | http://www.nsc.liu.se -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050815/3088fdda/attachment-0005.sig>