Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 International Language Support Guide Internationalization Guide Landmann Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 International Language Support Guide Internationalization Guide Landmann [email protected] Legal Notice Copyright © 2008 Red Hat. This document is licensed by Red Hat under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If you distribute this document, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat, Inc. and provide a link to the original. If the document is modified, all Red Hat trademarks must be removed. Red Hat, as the licensor of this document, waives the right to enforce, and agrees not to assert, Section 4d of CC-BY-SA to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Shadowman logo, JBoss, OpenShift, Fedora, the Infinity logo, and RHCE are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Linux ® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries. Java ® is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. XFS ® is a trademark of Silicon Graphics International Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. MySQL ® is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States, the European Union and other countries. Node.js ® is an official trademark of Joyent. Red Hat Software Collections is not formally related to or endorsed by the official Joyent Node.js open source or commercial project. The OpenStack ® Word Mark and OpenStack logo are either registered trademarks/service marks or trademarks/service marks of the OpenStack Foundation, in the United States and other countries and are used with the OpenStack Foundation's permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation, or the OpenStack community. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Abstract This book is about international language support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Table of Contents Table of Contents .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .1 .. .I n. t. r.o .d .u . c. t.i o. n. .2 . .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .2 .. .I n. s. t. a. l.l i.n .g . a. n. d. .s .u . p. p. o. r. t.i n. g. .l a. n. g. .u .a .g .e .s . .3 . 2.1. Adding language support during installation 4 2.2. Adding language support after installation 6 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .3 .. .C . h. a. n. g. i.n . g. .t h. e. .d .e .f .a .u .l t. l.a .n .g .u . a. g. e. .7 . .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .4 .. .K . e. y. b. o. a. r. d. .i n. s. t.a .l l.a .t i.o . n. .a .n .d . c. o. n. .f i.g .u .r .a .t i.o .n . .8 . 4.1. Configuring the keyboard after installation 8 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .5 .. .R . e. d. .H . a. t. E. n. t. e. r.p .r .i s. e. .L .i n. u. x. .5 . S. .y .s .t e. m. D. .o .c .u .m . e. n. .t a. t.i o. n. .1 .0 . .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .6 .. .F .o . n. t.s . .1 .3 . 6.1. Adding new fonts for a user 13 6.2. Adding new fonts for all users 14 6.3. Working with legacy fonts 14 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .7 .. .S . m. .a .r t. C. .o .m . m. o. n. .I n. p. u. .t .M . e. t.h .o .d . .1 .5 . 7.1. Configuring SCIM 16 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .8 .. .W . .r i.t i.n .g . .A .s .i a. n. .a .n . d. .I n. d. i.c . L. a. n. .g .u .a .g .e .s . .1 .9 . 8.1. How to write in Japanese 19 8.2. How to write in Chinese 20 8.3. How to write in Korean 21 8.4. How to write in Indic Languages 22 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .9 .. .A . d. v. a. n. c. e. d. .T . o. p. i.c .s . .2 .4 . 9.1. Using the iconv tool 24 9.2. Using the convmv tool 24 .C .h .a .p . t.e .r .1 .0 .. .L .a .n . g. u. a. g. e. .s .u .p . p. o. r.t . i.n . s. h. i.p .p .e .d . .a .p .p .l i.c .a .t i.o .n . s. .2 .5 . 10.1. Language support in Firefox 25 10.2. Language support in Evolution 25 10.3. Language support in gedit 25 .A .p .p . e. n. d. i.x . A. .K .e .y .b .o . a. r.d . l.a .y .o .u . t.s . .2 .7 . A.1. Indic Languages 27 1 International Language Support Guide Chapter 1. Introduction This guide explains how to use international languages supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It explains how to: install the packages that are required to support your language, such as fonts to display its characters and input methods. set the language so that used applications will run and appear in the chosen language. configure the keyboard in order to input your language correctly. use the SCIM input method for Asian languages. The next chapter introduces language support installation during.