Ludens Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:17 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:17 PM When using Lubuntu, I used to be able to type words like these as xi'ai, but now that I've switched to Ubuntu, I can't find a way to mark the start of another syllable. This means typing xiai gets me 下i... It's a pain to input these kind of words one syllable at a time. I'm using input method Chinese - Pinyin. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:27 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:27 PM 喜愛 I use IBus (under redhat), and "xi'ai" works just fine for that. What IME are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 04:34 PM I know nothing about Lubuntu/Ubuntu, but would typing "xi[space]ai" help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludens Posted June 4, 2012 at 05:22 PM Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 05:22 PM I use IBus with input method 'Pinyin'. xi[space]ai just gives me the first choice for xi, and then the list of choices for ai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted June 4, 2012 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 at 05:46 PM that's very odd, I have Ibus pinyin too but have no trouble with xiai and xi'ai, both give 喜愛 You could perhaps check the "about" window, mine shows: PinYin Language: 汉语 Author: Peng Huang <xxxx> Description: PinYin Input Method Additionally the relevant packages I have on my old Fedora are: ibus.i386 1.1.0.20090829-1.fc10 ibus-pinyin.noarch 1.1.0.20090612-1.fc10 There are options for the pinyin input methods, I toyed a little with autocorrect and others but could not reproduce your issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malanting Posted June 5, 2012 at 06:47 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 06:47 AM Just type xi'ai. Most software is OK with xiai ,but not 西安. We type xi'an if we want to input 西安。 Or you can type one at a time. First xi, then ai. I'm sure there's a symbol used to separate the syllables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Linge Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:13 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 08:13 AM I just wast to chip in and say that I also use the same input method and it's working fine. I use a normal apostrophe ' to input both 喜愛 and 西安. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m000gle Posted June 5, 2012 at 10:11 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 10:11 AM Weird, while I've always used Ubuntu, and never its LXDE variant, I was always under the impression they used the exact same IME. That said, whether on the current IBus (1.4.1), or even back to the days where SCIM was default, a regular apostrophe was always the way to separate syllables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludens Posted June 5, 2012 at 01:05 PM Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 at 01:05 PM Thanks for your input everyone :-) It made me realise the input method probably wasn't the problem, so I fiddled with the keyboard layout, and switching from "US with dead keys" to some other EN layout did the trick. I have my apostrophe functionality back, look： 喜爱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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