Inputing Pinyin

陶明翰 this was imputed via the scim-pinyin input method from Ubuntu 10.04

I have been struggling with this for days. Lots of documentation and easy instructions aside, the solution was uninstalling everything and reinstalling. On my first install I selected 10 different languages, and that might have had something to do with my problem. I was able to use 15 other varieties of Chinese language input but when I tried to input pinyin, it wouldn't load anything into the virtual keyboard.

after uninstalling everything I then rebooted and reinstalled scim-pinyin only (and dependencies of course) then you fire it up once via the command line and *boom* there you go. I use the default Ctrl + spacebar to initialize the pinyin virtual keyboard.

If you would like further instructions, leave a msg as to what exactly you need help with and I will try to help you.

I recently purchased a great Chinese dictionary that uses a quick new approach to deciphering hanzi. Look for the link in my currently-reading list in the sidebar.

I also got some flash-cards to use at work. Wait! did you say at work? Yes, the phone sales job I had encouraged us to bring crossword puzzles, ipods, watch TV, read magazines while making our calls. Rational was that it would keep us in this relaxed conversational state I assume. So, I got Chinese language flash cards and was excited about using them when I went to work on Monday. Only problem was that when I got to work I was informed that there was no more work. Doh!

Know of any volunteer, internship, or job opportunities in the 206? I am open to anything legal, office based, and available via public transportation.

和平。爱。与幸福