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Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:29:14 -0800
Merge Mozc on Ubuntu posts
The second post doesn't add much over the first, which contains a
rundown of how IMEs work and why you'd want to use Mozc over the
default. Since very few people still use 8-year-old versions of Ubuntu,
there's no real loss in deleting the old instructions.
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+---
+comments: true
+date: "2011-04-22T00:00:00Z"
+tags:
+- Howto
+- Japanese
+- Linux
+- Software
+title: Installing Mozc on Ubuntu
+---
+
+If you're a Japanese speaker, one of the first things you do when you install a
+fresh Linux distribution is to install a decent [Japanese IME][wiki_ime].
+Ubuntu defaults to [Anthy][anthy], but I personally prefer [Mozc][mozc], and
+that's what I'm going to show you how to install here.<!--more-->
+
+*Update (2011-05-01):* Found an older [video tutorial][yt_tutorial] on YouTube
+which provides an alternative (and potentially more comprehensive) solution for
+Japanese support on 10.10 using ibus instead of uim, which is the better choice
+for newer releases.
+
+*Update (2011-10-25):* The software installation part of this process got a
+whole lot easier in Ubuntu releases after Natty, and as noted above, I'd
+recommend sticking with ibus over uim.
+
+### Japanese Input Basics
+
+Before we get going, let's understand a bit about how Japanese input works on
+computers. Japanese comprises three main character sets: the two phonetic
+character sets, hiragana and katakana at 50 characters each, plus many
+thousands of Kanji, each with multiple readings. Clearly a full keyboard is
+impractical, so a mapping is required.
+
+Input happens in two steps. First, you input the text phonetically, then you
+convert it to a mix of kanji and kana.
+
+{{< figure src="/post/2011-04-22-henkan.png"
+ alt="Japanese IME completion menu" >}}
+
+Over the years, two main mechanisms evolved to input kana. The first was common
+on old *wapuro*, and assigns a kana to each key on the keyboard—e.g. where
+the *A* key appears on a QWERTY keyboard, you'll find a ち. This is how our
+grandparents hacked out articles for the local *shinbun*, but I suspect only a
+few die-hard traditionalists still do this. The second and more common method
+is literal [transliteration of roman characters into kana][wiki_wapuro]. You
+type *fujisan* and out comes ふじさん.
+
+Once the phonetic kana have been input, you execute a conversion step wherein
+the input is transformed into the appropriate mix of kanji and kana. Given the
+large number of homonyms in Japanese, this step often involves disambiguating
+your input by selecting the intended kanji. For example, the *mita* in *eiga wo
+mita* (I watched a movie) is properly rendered as 観た whereas the *mita* in
+*kuruma wo mita* (I saw a car) should be 見た, and in neither case is it *mita*
+as in the place name *Mita-bashi* (Mita bridge) which is written 三田.
+
+
+### Some Implementation Details
+
+Let's look at implementation. There are two main components used in inputting
+Japanese text:
+
+The GUI system (e.g. ibus, uim) is responsible for:
+
+1. Maintaining and switching the current input mode:
+ ローマ字、ひらがな、カタカナ、半額カタカナ.
+1. Transliteration of character input into kana: *ku* into く,
+ *nekko* into ねっこ, *xtu* into っ.
+1. Managing the text under edit (the underlined stuff) and the
+ drop-down list of transliterations.
+1. Ancillary functions such as supplying a GUI for custom dictionary
+ management, kanji lookup by radical, etc.
+
+The transliteration engine (e.g. Anthy, Mozc) is responsible for transforming a
+piece of input text, usually in kana form, into kanji: for example みる into
+one of: 見る、観る、診る、視る. This involves:
+
+1. Breaking the input phrase into components.
+1. Transforming each component into the appropriate best guess based on context
+ and historical input.
+1. Supplying alternative transformations in case the best guess was incorrect.
+
+
+### Why Mozc?
+
+TL;DR: because it's better. Have a look at the conversion list up at the top of
+this post. The input is *kinou*, for which there are two main conversion
+candidates: 機能 (feature) and 昨日 (yesterday). Notice however, that it also
+supplies several conversions for yesterday's date in various formats, including
+「平成23年4月21日」 using [Japanese Era Name][wiki_jp_era] rather than the
+Western notation 2011. This is just one small improvement among dozens of
+clever tricks it performs. If you're thinking this bears an uncanny resemblance
+to tricks that [Google's Japanese IME][google_ime] supports, you're right: Mozc
+originated from the same codebase.
+
+
+### Switching to Mozc
+
+So let's assume you're now convinced to abandon Anthy and switch to Mozc.
+You'll need to make some changes. Here are the steps:
+
+If you haven't yet done so, install some Japanese fonts from either Software
+Centre of Synaptic. I'd recommend grabbing the *ttf-takao* package.
+
+Next up, we'll install and configure Mozc.
+
+1. **Install ibus-mozc:**
+ ```shell
+ sudo apt-get install ibus-mozc
+ ```
+1. **Restart the ibus daemon:**
+ ```shell
+ /usr/bin/ibus-daemon --xim -r
+ ```
+1. **Set your input method to mozc:**
+ 1. Open *Keyboard Input Methods* settings.
+ 1. Select the *Input Method* tab.
+ 1. From the *Select an input method* drop-down, select Japanese, then mozc from
+ the sub-menu.
+ 1. Select *Japanese - Anthy* from the list, if it appears there, and click
+ *Remove*.
+1. **Optionally, remove Anthy from your system:**
+ ```shell
+ sudo apt-get autoremove anthy
+ ```
+
+Log out, and back in. You should see an input method menu in the menu
+bar at the top of the screen.
+
+That's it, Mozcを楽しんでください！
+
+[anthy]: https://sourceforge.jp/projects/anthy/news/
+[google_ime]: https://www.google.com/intl/ja/ime/
+[mozc]: https://code.google.com/p/mozc/
+[wiki_ime]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_IME
+[wiki_jp_era]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name
+[wiki_wapuro]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapuro
+[yt_tutorial]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfgjTCXZ2-s
diff --git a/content/post/2011-04-22-installing-uim-mozc-on-ubuntu-1104.md b/content/post/2011-04-22-installing-uim-mozc-on-ubuntu-1104.md
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
----
-comments: true
-date: "2011-04-22T00:00:00Z"
-tags:
-- Howto
-- Japanese
-- Linux
-- Software
-title: Installing uim-mozc on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
----
-
-If you're like me, one of the first things you do when you install a fresh
-Linux distribution is to install a decent [Japanese IME][wiki_ime]. Ubuntu
-defaults to [ibus-anthy][anthy], but I personally prefer [uim-mozc][mozc], and
-that's what I'm going to show you how to install here.<!--more-->
-
-*Update (2011-05-01):* Found an older [video tutorial][yt_tutorial] on YouTube
-which provides an alternative (and potentially more comprehensive) solution for
-Japanese support on 10.10 using ibus instead of uim, which is the better choice
-for newer releases.
-
-### Japanese Input Basics
-
-Before we get going, let's understand a bit about how Japanese input works on
-computers. Japanese comprises three main character sets: the two phonetic
-character sets, hiragana and katakana at 50 characters each, plus many
-thousands of Kanji, each with multiple readings. Clearly a full keyboard is
-impractical, so a mapping is required.
-
-Input happens in two steps. First, you input the text phonetically, then you
-convert it to a mix of kanji and kana.
-
-{{< figure src="/post/2011-04-22-henkan.png"
- alt="Japanese IME completion menu" >}}
-
-Over the years, two main mechanisms evolved to input kana. The first was common
-on old *wapuro*, and assigns a kana to each key on the keyboard—e.g. where
-the *A* key appears on a QWERTY keyboard, you'll find a ち. This is how our
-grandparents hacked out articles for the local *shinbun*, but I suspect only a
-few die-hard traditionalists still do this. The second and more common method
-is literal [transliteration of roman characters into kana][wiki_wapuro]. You
-type *fujisan* and out comes ふじさん.
-
-Once the phonetic kana have been input, you execute a conversion step wherein
-the input is transformed into the appropriate mix of kanji and kana. Given the
-large number of homonyms in Japanese, this step often involves disambiguating
-your input by selecting the intended kanji. For example, the *mita* in *eiga wo
-mita* (I watched a movie) is properly rendered as 観た whereas the *mita* in
-*kuruma wo mita* (I saw a car) should be 見た, and in neither case is it *mita*
-as in the place name *Mita-bashi* (Mita bridge) which is written 三田.
-
-
-### Some Implementation Details
-
-Let's look at implementation. There are two main components used in inputting
-Japanese text:
-
-The GUI system (e.g. ibus, uim) is responsible for:
-
-1. Maintaining and switching the current input mode:
- ローマ字、ひらがな、カタカナ、半額カタカナ.
-1. Transliteration of character input into kana: *ku* into く,
- *nekko* into ねっこ, *xtu* into っ.
-1. Managing the text under edit (the underlined stuff) and the
- drop-down list of transliterations.
-1. Ancillary functions such as supplying a GUI for custom dictionary
- management, kanji lookup by radical, etc.
-
-The transliteration engine (e.g. anthy, mozc) is responsible for transforming a
-piece of input text, usually in kana form, into kanji: for example みる into
-one of: 見る、観る、診る、視る. This involves:
-
-1. Breaking the input phrase into components.
-1. Transforming each component into the appropriate best guess based on context
- and historical input.
-1. Supplying alternative transformations in case the best guess was incorrect.
-
-
-### Why uim-mozc?
-
-Because it's there. And because it's better. Have a look at the conversion list
-up at the top of this post. The input is *kinou*, for which there are two main
-conversion candidates: 機能 (feature) and 昨日 (yesterday). Notice however,
-that it also supplies several conversions for yesterday's date in various
-formats, including 「平成23年4月21日」 using [Japanese Era Name][wiki_jp_era]
-rather than the Western notation 2011. This is just one small improvement among
-dozens of clever tricks it performs. If you're thinking this bears an uncanny
-resemblance to tricks that [Google's Japanese IME][google_ime] supports, you're
-right: mozc originated from the same codebase.
-
-
-### Switching to uim-mozc
-
-So let's assume you're now convinced to abandon your ibus-anthy and
-switch to uim-mozc. You'll need to make some changes. Here are the
-steps:
-
-If you haven't yet done so, install some Japanese fonts from either Software
-Centre of Synaptic. I'd recommend grabbing the *ttf-takao* package.
-
-Search for and install the *uim* and *uim-mozc* packages.
-
-Under the *Personal* section of the System Settings, select *Input
-Method*. A dialog will open. Under Global Settings, make the following
-changes:
-
-1. Ensure *Specify default IM* is checked.
-1. Set *Default input method* to 'Mozc'.
-1. Set *Enabled input methods* to 'Mozc' using the *Edit...* button if
- necessary.
-1. Ensure *Enable IM switching by hotkey* is checked.
-1. Ensure *Skip direct method for IM switch* is checked.
-1. Set *Preedit color* to 'uim'.
-1. Set *Candidate window position* to your preference. Generally
- 'Adjacent to cursor'.
-1. If you set *Show input mode nearby cursor*, a small popup will
- briefly appear whenever you reposition your cursor, indicating input
- mode: '-' for romaji or a あ for hiragana.
-
-{{< figure src="/post/2011-04-22-input_method_config.png"
- alt="UIM configuration dialog box" >}}
-
-Under the Toolbar group, make the following changes:
-
-1. Ensure *Enable menu-based input method switcher* is checked.
-1. Set *Effective coverage* to *whole desktop*.
-1. Ensure *preference tool* is checked.
-
-Click *OK* to save and close the dialog.
-
-In Software Centre, search for and uninstall any *ibus* related
-packages.
-
-Log out, and back in. You should see an input method menu in the menu
-bar at the top of the screen.
-
-[anthy]: https://sourceforge.jp/projects/anthy/news/
-[google_ime]: https://www.google.com/intl/ja/ime/
-[mozc]: https://code.google.com/p/mozc/
-[wiki_ime]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_IME
-[wiki_jp_era]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name
-[wiki_wapuro]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapuro
-[yt_tutorial]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfgjTCXZ2-s
diff --git a/content/post/2011-10-25-installing-ibus-mozc-on-ubuntu-1110.md b/content/post/2011-10-25-installing-ibus-mozc-on-ubuntu-1110.md
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-comments: true
-date: "2011-10-25T00:00:00Z"
-tags:
-- Howto
-- Japanese
-- Linux
-- Software
-title: Installing ibus-mozc on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
----
-
-After doing a clean install of Oneiric on my machine, first thing I did was
-install mozc as my input method. Turns out this is much simpler than under
-Natty.<!--more-->
-
-The process goes something like this:
-
-1. **Install ibus-mozc:**
- ```shell
- sudo apt-get install ibus-mozc
- ```
-1. **Restart the ibus daemon:**
- ```shell
- /usr/bin/ibus-daemon --xim -r
- ```
-1. **Set your input method to mozc:**
- 1. Open *Keyboard Input Methods* settings.
- 1. Select the *Input Method* tab.
- 1. From the *Select an input method* drop-down, select Japanese, then mozc from
- the sub-menu.
- 1. Select *Japanese - Anthy* from the list, if it appears there, and click
- *Remove*.
-1. **Optionally, remove Anthy from your system:**
- ```shell
- sudo apt-get autoremove anthy
- ```
-
-That's it, Mozcを楽しんでください！
