Re: OSX terminal, system-wide Chinese input methods

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.12.2008 um 16:55 schrieb poppyer:

> if you set your LC_CTYPE/LANG correctly
> to a chinese one, say zh_CN.UTF8.
> It will be automatically loaded *before* system init

And it's not necessary to set these two environment variables system- 
wide, which might effect also other applications. On the command line  
it's possible to type cautiously:

        env LANG=... LC_CTYPE=... <some command> [&]

(``[&]´´ stands for optional parameter, i.e., when you end your  
command with ``&´´ the programme will be sent into the background and  
the shell will be open for new input, but it's no must, and you can  
correct this later when needed)

If this seems to be too complicated you can also use a shell script.  
In Mac OS X, to launch an application bundle, you could either:

        #!/bin/bash
        export LANG=... LC_CTYPE=...
        open /Applications/<name of application>.app

or

        #!/bin/bash
        env LANG=... LC_CTYPE=... open /Applications/<name of application>.app

The latter, i.e., the last line, can also be used on the command line  
and you could also use it in AppleScript to launch a Carbon or a  
Cocoa Emacs from a menu.

--
Greetings

  Pete

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