Comments for GT!Blog http://blog.gatunka.com Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:25:21 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Using a Japanese IME by John Doe http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/comment-page-1/#comment-35692 John Doe Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:25:21 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/#comment-35692 Thank you for response Gatunka. I have a regular English keyboard and all the Kana letters could be typed when I had XP installed but since Windows 7 I can't use RO letter that previously was mapped from the tilde (~) key. I tried to press all the keys one by one, then I tried to press all the keys one by one in combination with Shift and got all the letters working except the RO letter. I know Japanese keyboards have additional keys but my English one worked fine until now. When I press the tilde (~) key that must correspond to RO letter as illustrated on the following image: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdJapan.htm IME switches from Kana to English or from English to Kana input depending on which one was set before the key was pressed but IME doesn't recognize it as RO letter like on Windows XP. Have you tried a regular English keyboard with Windows 7 and IME? Would like to know if it worked for you. Thank you. Thank you for response Gatunka. I have a regular English keyboard and all the Kana letters could be typed when I had XP installed but since Windows 7 I can’t use RO letter that previously was mapped from the tilde (~) key. I tried to press all the keys one by one, then I tried to press all the keys one by one in combination with Shift and got all the letters working except the RO letter. I know Japanese keyboards have additional keys but my English one worked fine until now. When I press the tilde (~) key that must correspond to RO letter as illustrated on the following image:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdJapan.htm
IME switches from Kana to English or from English to Kana input depending on which one was set before the key was pressed but IME doesn’t recognize it as RO letter like on Windows XP. Have you tried a regular English keyboard with Windows 7 and IME? Would like to know if it worked for you. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Using a Japanese IME by Gatunka http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/comment-page-1/#comment-35585 Gatunka Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:30:39 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/#comment-35585 Are you using a Japanese keyboard? I just tried it on my keyboard and it works fine. However, the key that produces "ろ" on my keyboard is the backslash key. Are you using a Japanese keyboard? I just tried it on my keyboard and it works fine. However, the key that produces “ろ” on my keyboard is the backslash key.

]]> Comment on Using a Japanese IME by John Doe http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/comment-page-1/#comment-35519 John Doe Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:35:06 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/#comment-35519 Do you know by any chance why I can't type in "ろ" letter on Windows 7 through IME? Tilde "~" key should be responsible for that but it just is not recognized by IME as a letter RO. Do you know by any chance why I can’t type in “ろ” letter on Windows 7 through IME? Tilde “~” key should be responsible for that but it just is not recognized by IME as a letter RO.

]]> Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Emily N. http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/30/japanese-typewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-25315 Emily N. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:13:40 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/?p=40#comment-25315 Hi, I'm very interested in Linux but Im a Super Newbie and I'm having trouble deciding on the right distribution for me (Havent you heard this a million times?) anyway here is my problem, I need a distribution that can switch between reading and writing in English and Japanese (Japanese Language Support) with out restarting the operating system. Hi, I’m very interested in Linux but Im a Super Newbie and I’m having trouble deciding on the right distribution for me (Havent you heard this a million times?) anyway here is my problem, I need a distribution that can switch between reading and writing in English and Japanese (Japanese Language Support) with out restarting the operating system.

]]> Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Antonio Gonzalez http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/30/japanese-typewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-21920 Antonio Gonzalez Mon, 24 May 2010 04:41:49 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/?p=40#comment-21920 Very interesting!!!! I was researching about the evolution of the objects. Now I am living in Japan and I want to buy japanese type writer. Do you know where can I buy one??? or there are a museum that I can see this objects? Thank you!! Very interesting!!!! I was researching about the evolution of the
objects.
Now I am living in Japan and I want to buy japanese type writer.
Do you know where can I buy one???
or there are a museum that I can see this objects?
Thank you!!

]]> Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Rachel L'Efquihi http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/30/japanese-typewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-19550 Rachel L'Efquihi Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:55:01 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/?p=40#comment-19550 Hello, Please could someone contact me as I have a Japanese type writter very simular to your first picture above and am trying to get some more details about it. Thanks Rachel Hello,

Please could someone contact me as I have a Japanese type writter very simular to your first picture above and am trying to get some more details about it.

Thanks

Rachel

]]> Comment on Using a Japanese IME by Gatunka http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/comment-page-1/#comment-19403 Gatunka Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:38 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/#comment-19403 Hi Ali, I know the issue you're referring to. It happens on a Japanese keyboard if you hit the Alt+カタカナ key combination. Just hit the same key combo to turn it back into romaji mode. Alternatively, you can look for the kana lock "KANA" button in the language bar. You might have to choose to "adjust position" from the context-menu first to make the full language bar appear. Hi Ali, I know the issue you’re referring to. It happens on a Japanese keyboard if you hit the Alt+カタカナ key combination. Just hit the same key combo to turn it back into romaji mode. Alternatively, you can look for the kana lock “KANA” button in the language bar. You might have to choose to “adjust position” from the context-menu first to make the full language bar appear.

]]> Comment on Using a Japanese IME by Ali http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/comment-page-1/#comment-19262 Ali Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:20:19 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/09/12/using-a-japanese-ime/#comment-19262 this is a pretty neat explanation about how the IME works. I was wondering if you have experienced the issue where, when using the japanese text input, windows automatically treats input as though it were from a japanese layout keyboard? I was able to use the IME input system up till recently, but now when I type photically, kana come out that I don't want/intend to type. any help would be appreciated. this is a pretty neat explanation about how the IME works. I was wondering if you have experienced the issue where, when using the japanese text input, windows automatically treats input as though it were from a japanese layout keyboard? I was able to use the IME input system up till recently, but now when I type photically, kana come out that I don’t want/intend to type. any help would be appreciated.

]]> Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Aaron http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/11/03/japanese-computers-still-living-it-8-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18842 Aaron Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:17:01 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/?p=87#comment-18842 @Jostein: While I am a Mac user, I'd be happy for anyone to bring proper resolution-independence to the desktop. If anything, I'm disappointed that it's still not available in OS X despite being rumored for so long. @Jostein: While I am a Mac user, I’d be happy for anyone to bring proper resolution-independence to the desktop. If anything, I’m disappointed that it’s still not available in OS X despite being rumored for so long.

]]> Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Jostein Kjønigsen http://blog.gatunka.com/2009/11/03/japanese-computers-still-living-it-8-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-18837 Jostein Kjønigsen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://blog.gatunka.com/?p=87#comment-18837 @Aaron. I see you mentioning how Mac OSX solves this problem without the usual smug remarks, so not going to shit on that directly. Good for Mac users, as I agree DPI independence in the UI is an important thing. That said (and that particularly goes to the blog author): Microsoft released WPF a long ago, and WPF is all vector, not pixel based. I'm not going to say the API is flawless (it isn't), a gift from the Gods (it isn't) and can't be abused by developers hellbent on making their solution inflexible (it can), but it also goes a long way of solving this particular problem and it is supported all the way back to Windows XP SP2. For developers on the Win32 platform I see little to no reason for not using it, especially now with the tool-support shaping up, and in that remark especially the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release. Why Microsoft didn't add a fully featured XAML/WPF editor into Visual Studio 2008 is still something I can't comprehend. @Aaron. I see you mentioning how Mac OSX solves this problem without the usual smug remarks, so not going to shit on that directly. Good for Mac users, as I agree DPI independence in the UI is an important thing.

That said (and that particularly goes to the blog author): Microsoft released WPF a long ago, and WPF is all vector, not pixel based. I’m not going to say the API is flawless (it isn’t), a gift from the Gods (it isn’t) and can’t be abused by developers hellbent on making their solution inflexible (it can), but it also goes a long way of solving this particular problem and it is supported all the way back to Windows XP SP2.

For developers on the Win32 platform I see little to no reason for not using it, especially now with the tool-support shaping up, and in that remark especially the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release. Why Microsoft didn’t add a fully featured XAML/WPF editor into Visual Studio 2008 is still something I can’t comprehend.

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