I have managed to get my system configured to allow me to type in multiple languages with my bog standard english keyboard. While that might not sound particularly exciting, it is somewhat cool. And also somewhat useful if you want to put, say, ひらがな (hiragana) characters into a document. It still has some problems, like some software not being happy with the idea of fancy input methods. Even so, it’s several steps forward from where it was before.
Of course, the scheme allows more than just japanese characters. It allows for pretty much any characters I feel like inputting, once I figure out how to do it for a particular language. It’s a new toy to play around with. It should prove to be amusing for a while at least.
Overall, it’s amazing what a simple search on google revealed. I found a document that up and said to use a software package called SCIM and to install something called anthy and lo, things started to work. And, oddly enough, it worked as advertised. How lucky can a person get?
Well, enough rambling about that. Back to playing with my new toy.