> 7.3 seems to support Chinese input out of the box, it's got
> miniChinput and  some other stuff no documentation. I cannot get much
> sense from the  Chinese-HOWTO (it seems the HOWTOs no longer come with
> Redhat which sucks  somewhat, are they hidden on 1 of the disks or
> something?) and google is a  bit of a dead end too.
> Can anyone tell me what I should do? Thanks,
This is an example of an XIM approach that Brian mentioned. hint shift-space
The speed you can type at will be very dependent on how well you know the
input method and in some cases how well you know how to construct chinese
I have seen people using electronic pen and tablet devices to just write the

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Niall O Broin <niall@linux.ie>,
	ILUG <ilug@linux.ie>
From ilug-admin@linux.ie  Tue Aug  6 11:50:36 2002

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:21:22PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> My 17" CRT monitor having drowned in a flood (10cm squared of burned
> circuit board URGH!) , I'm thinking of a 15" LCD as a replacement.
> What with me going to the continent and all next week, I might wait and
> buy one there (for a reasonable price (Dave Neary!  Any good sources?)).
Conor - it's a rather large continent - people might need to know where you
are going to suggest sources. And if you're buying abroad, make sure you get
to test it - many places won't have facilities for you to do that.
> Question is: CAn I just plug in _any_ lcd monitor and expect it to work?
> Are there special incantations needed for XFree86 to work.  Needless to
> say, it'll be a bit difficult to bring it back to the shop once I'm home
> in Dublin and find it doesn't work!
Any monitor should just work - they all have VGA connectors and any half
decent brand will be know about by XFree setup programs in modern
distributions. However, if you have the budget (insurance paying for the
dead monitor, perhaps ? - and WHERE was your monitor that it got caught in a
flood ?) getting a monitor with a DVI input is best. Of course, you'll need
a DVI out video card then, too. DVI provides a much better picture than VGA
because it removes the analog stage - basically DVI gives you a direct
connection from video ram pixels to monitor pixels - the best pictures I've
ever seen on a computer is on my notebook screen at 1400x1050 (which doesn't
use DVI, but an internal connection which has the same effect). Brand wise,
I like Iiyama a lot and I think they may have a Europe wide warranty.
Niall
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