[Fedora-i18n-list] How to get '-' in katakana with canna server

[Digimer]

Hi all,

I hope this is an on-topic question.  :)

I have started using 'canna' as my Japanese input method and so far
it's working pretty well. The one thing I haven't been able to figure
out is how to type the '-' (lengthening stoke) on katakana words.

For example, when I try to type "page" I want to get 'ページ' but all
I can get is 'ペイジ'. (I got the lengthening stoke for this example by
copy/paste from a website).

Would anyone using 'canna' be able to tell me how I can get the '-'
stroke in katakana?

Thank you very much in advance!

Madison

PS - I am running Debian 3.1 with Gnome2 using UIM as my input method
switcher, in case that makes a difference.

[Jens-Ulrik Petersen]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> For example, when I try to type "page" I want to get 'ページ' but all
> I can get is 'ペイジ'. (I got the lengthening stoke for this example by
> copy/paste from a website).

I think you want to use "-" for that.

What did you input exactly, if you type "p e - j i" it should convert
to "ページ".

Hth, Jens

[Digimer]

Jens Petersen wrote:
> Madison Kelly wrote:
> > For example, when I try to type "page" I want to get 'ページ' but all
> > I can get is 'ペイジ'. (I got the lengthening stoke for this example by
> > copy/paste from a website).
>
> I think you want to use "-" for that.
>
> What did you input exactly, if you type "p e - j i" it should convert
> to "ページ".
>
> Hth, Jens

Thanks for the reply, Jens (and Chong)!

I thought that might have been it but when I try that the '-' goes
back one space and covers the ぺ character. It looks now though like
that might be a problem in OpenOffice specifically though. Have either
of you run into that before? If so, do you know what might fix it?

Madison

[Ping-Wu Zhang]

On 8/22/05, Madison Kelly  wrote:
> I thought that might have been it but when I try that the '-' goes
> back one space and covers the ぺ character. It looks now though like
> that might be a problem in OpenOffice specifically though. Have either
> of you run into that before? If so, do you know what might fix it?
>
> Madison

I just tried typing ページ in OpenOffice.org; didn't seem to have any
problem.  I am running iiimf on GNOME/FC4 (updated).

[Jens-Ulrik Petersen]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> I thought that might have been it but when I try that the '-' goes
> back one space and covers the ぺ character. It looks now though like
> that might be a problem in OpenOffice specifically though. Have either
> of you run into that before? If so, do you know what might fix it?

You're probably running an older version of Oo.o.
You don't say which version.

(Also this list is for Fedora Internationalization. :)

Jens

[Chong Kai Xiong]

Hi.

I use Canna with IIIMF and typing hyphen (-) works e.g. pe-ji.

在 2005-08-21日的 13:30 -0400，Madison Kelly写道：
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this is an on-topic question.  :)
>
> I have started using 'canna' as my Japanese input method and so far
> it's working pretty well. The one thing I haven't been able to figure
> out is how to type the '-' (lengthening stoke) on katakana words.
>
> For example, when I try to type "page" I want to get 'ページ' but all
> I can get is 'ペイジ'. (I got the lengthening stoke for this example by
> copy/paste from a website).
>
> Would anyone using 'canna' be able to tell me how I can get the '-'
> stroke in katakana?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> Madison
>
> PS - I am running Debian 3.1 with Gnome2 using UIM as my input method
> switcher, in case that makes a difference.
>
> --