Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

You can utilize full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input on the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone, using GNU Emacs.

http://sumoudou.org/0/17.html

You can send SMS, edit contacts, basically use any application and use this way to input CJK text, it works.

UPDATE: 2009-12-15-174111 GNU Emacs 23.1.1 .deb installation package uploaded, getting rid of the problems, discussed in the following posts.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

http://sumoudou.org/n900/emacs_23.1.1_armel.deb

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The requested URL /n900/emacs_23.1.1_armel.deb was not found on this server.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

I suppose that is a way, if slightly rickety.

Are you aware of any organized project to bring real CJK input to the N900? I would like to offer my time and skills, if needed. I know there was a system in place for OS2008, but I'm unsure where to start in terms of porting to Fremantle.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Fixed......

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

:) Works great for me, I'm used to this way of input, use it even on the desktop PC, don't need no input methods etc. Just have Emacs and I'm ready to go always, everywhere, it's rock solid.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Work is under way by the same person(s) who did the OS2008 tool, but with some major changes in some of the mechanics.

Latest report is here:
http://domaemon.blogspot.com/2009/12...creencast.html

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Rock solid yes, but it depends on Emacs which is 25MB even on Maemo, and I would not use it for much else (I'd rather work on getting vim-gtk going!) I would also prefer that it integrate as seamlessly as possible with my UI, which I get on both Linux and Windows today.

Now see, that's what I'm talking about. A little cleaner integration (directly into gtk2 inputs instead of a fade window) and that'd be spectacular and more like the input modes I'm used to.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

i saved it onto my sdcard but cannot install it...how do I install it?

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Click and open it. Or from the xterm: dpkg -i filename

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

uhh...?

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

http://sumoudou.org/0/14.html

Steps 3, 4, and 5 of the Basic guide posted on the page.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

when I open it, it says "what to open with" and gives me all the apps....
am i suppose to download it into a specific folder?

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

OK, my bad, I assumed that when you click on a .deb package, the N900 would be smart enough to install it. I only use the commandline, so never done it the GUI way.

Anyhow, you have to install via the commandline then, The instructions at http://sumoudou.org/0/14.html are fixed now.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

sorry to keep bothering you but where is the "home" folder? i don't see it anywhere on my sdcard or phone.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

If you open File Manager and go all the way to the top you will see some folder that has the same name as you called your N900 device. This is the /home/user/MyDocs folder, so if you save the file to this folder, then open the terminal and:
cd /home/user/MyDocs
If you have a MicroSD card in there and you saved it to it, it should be automatically mounted somewhere in /media/ so you can cd there...

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

seemed like it was working until i get

The following NEW packages will be installed:
libungif4g libxpm4
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1

then it would fail saying it cannot be installed after like 1-2 minutes.

im getting ticked off =x

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Give me the exact text you get when it fails.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Currently , N900 owners in Japan use web services such as Sumibi or Ajax IME.
but these services cannot be used when we are in off-line.
so , your guide is very useful. thanks.
#and I think this is a good opportunity for me to switch from vi to Emacs :)

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

You'll never regret it, man. You'll be flyin' with Emacs. You can read mail with it, manage files, send SMSes, make phonecalls, search dictionaries, browse the web, follow your twitter account, read pdf's, listen to music, view images...

You name it, GNU Emacs does it!

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

By the way, I've also compiled Prime http://taiyaki.org/prime/

This is the greatest input method especially for a handheld device. Though Japanese originally, can be used for any language, you only type one or two letters and get great predictive options for input.

I'll be posting soon on how to get it working with GNU Emacs on the N900.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Hi, could you help me with
"Before first using GNU Emacs, to make sure that GNU Emacs clipboard is integrated with the system clipboard (IMPORTANT), make sure you have an .emacs file in your home directory with the following text:
(set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
$ echo "(set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)" >> ~/.emacs
$ echo "(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)" >> ~/.emacs"

i don't really get it. thanks

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs:
emacs depends on libungif4g; however:
package libungif4g is not installed.
emacs depends on librsvg2-2 (>=2.26.0-1maemo0); however:
package librsvg2-2 is not isntalled.
emacs depends on libxpm4; however:
package libxpm4 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing emacs (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
emacs

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

i installed emacs, but how can i open it or start it? i used $ emacs, it told me file not found.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

1. Open the terminal.
2. Type:
echo "(set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)" >> ~/.emacs
3. Hit ENTER
4. Type:
echo "(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)" >> ~/.emacs
5. Hit ENTER

That's it.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

This is exactly what Step 5 says:
It will complain about missing dependencies, this is the expected behavior.
That's what it's doing...
Continue to Step 6.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

You will have in icon saying GNU Emacs in your menu.

Or you can start it from the terminal. Type:
emacs

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

i dont have icon in menu, i typed emacs in xterminal it told me emacs not found. also there is no emacs in my application manager when i check on uninstall

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

i have a gnu emacs icon in my menu now, but when i click on it, nothing happens

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

I think suggesting to anyone not intimately familiar with Linux (ie. already probing around with the x terminal) that they install a .deb directly is a bad idea.

I would recommend most people wait until an actual package is available at least in extras-testing before trying for CJK input.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

one more thing, the emacs is not working for me, i have icon but cannot run it. i use xterminal $ emacs: it told me file not found.

also how can i uninstall the emacs?

thank you

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Sorry 'bout that, my bad. See http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=428430&postcount=7 and the answer in the first part. Do either of those, I'll fix the package soon, but if you don't wanna redownload, the solution there will work.
Or you can start it from the terminal by specifying the full path:
/opt/emacs_23.1.1_shiroikuma_2009-12-15-001000_fremantle_armel/bin/emacs
and it'll run

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

It'll work, if you do the above step.

To uninstall, either go to the Package manager, and choose Uninstall, then Emacs, or from the terminal as root, i.e. after sudo gainroot:
apt-get remove emacs

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

I agree with what you're saying, if the .deb can do something potentially harmful, like yeah uninstall half the system. That's not the case here, though yeah, if you don't know GNU/Linux you could sometimes mess it up.

But nobody worry. Nuthin' bad with this one. Also, that's how you learn in GNU/Linux, overcoming problems, right.
If you need CJK input just go ahead, you can get it working, it's not that hard, and it might take a long time for Emacs to pop up in extras-testing, plus if you're not deeply familiar with GNU/Linux, messing with extras-testing is the same problem.

But it's rock solid in this package, and you can use CJK right now.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

$ echo "(set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)" >> ~/.emacs
$ echo "(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)" >> ~/.emacs

in my n900, i cannot type "~" symbol.... neither it on the keyboard, nor can't type in the virtual keyboard.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

That's the step 6 man. If you can't fetch, you ain't got an internet connection, you need it to install the dependencies.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

i opened xterminal and typed /opt/emacs_23.1.1_shiroikuma_2009-12-15-001000_fremantle_armel/bin/emacs. it still showing me: not found.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Edit a file on the PC, make it have the following text:
(set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
Save it as .emacs (note the DOT in front of the `e').
Copy it to the N900.
In the terminal, move it to /home/user

Or just run emacs, then:
C-x C-f .emacs
Then type the text, then save with
C-x C-s
Then restart Emacs, and you it'll work.

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

What does:
ls /opt/
give you?

Re: Full Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) input for the Nokia N900 GNU mobile phone
 

Failed to open connection to "session" message bus: (null)