Re: OSX terminal, system-wide Chinese input methods

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On Dec 4, 2:25 am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, the only reason I was still fooling with this was that it was a
bit problematic having the language set system-wide. Setting the
variables just prior to launching emacs ought to be fine – anyway, now
that I've got a better understand of how all this works, I'm sure it
will be easy to find an appropriate solution. (And yes, it was (load-
library "subst-gb2312"))

Thank you both for the help!

Eric

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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