[ORIGNIAL CREATION]Setting SCIM on Debian with English Local .在英文环境的Debian Etch下安装并设置SCIM

#apt-get install scim scim-chinese

# dpkg-reconfigure locales
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  zh_CN.UTF-8... done
  zh_CN.GB18030... done
  zh_TW.BIG5... done
  zh_TW.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

cd to /etc/X11/Xsession.d and create a file named 95scim_start, then input the following contents.
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
export XIM=SCIM
export XIM_PROGRAM=SCIM
#export GTK_IM_MODULE=SCIM
#scim -d

write the following to /etc/environment:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

 

I had my machine installed the following words style:
ii  ttf-arphic-uming                  0.1.20060928-2                      "AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni" Chinese Unicode TrueT
ii  ttf-bitstream-vera                1.10-7                              The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType f
ii  ttf-dejavu                        2.15-1                              Vera font family derivate with additional ch
ii  ttf-freefont                      20060501cvs-10                      Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts
ii  ttf-opensymbol                    2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1                 The OpenSymbol TrueType font

configure my favorite text editor.
#update-alternatives --config editor

ctrl -  alt - backspace, restart your X-window.

enjoy it !

 

PS:

baptism:/home/zausiu# dpkg --list | grep scim
ii  libscim8c2a                          1.4.7-3                    library for SCIM platform
ii  scim                                 1.4.7-3                    smart common input method platform
ii  scim-chinese                         0.5.91-1                   smart pinyin IM engine for SCIM (transitional package)
ii  scim-gtk2-immodule                   1.4.7-3                    GTK+2 input method module with SCIM as backend
ii  scim-modules-socket                  1.4.7-3                    socket modules for SCIM platform
ii  scim-modules-table                   0.5.8-1                    generic tables IM engine module for SCIM platform
ii  scim-pinyin                          0.5.91-1                   smart pinyin IM engine for SCIM platform

ii  scim-tables-zh                       0.5.8-1                    Chinese input method data tables for SCIM platform