-------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to set environment varible XMODIFIERS: csh/tcsh: setenv XMODIFIERS @im=SCIM sh/bash: export XMODIFIERS='@im=SCIM' and set LANG, LC_CTYPE to one of the following values: Simplified Chinese: zh_CN.UTF-8, zh_CN.GB18030, zh_CN.GBK, zh_CN.GB2312, zh_CN.eucCN Traditional Chinese: zh_TW.UTF-8, zh_TW.Big5 zh_HK.UTF-8, zh_HK.Big5-HKSCS To start the SCIM input method daemon, use command: scim -d --------------------------------------------------------------------