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====SCIM====
~**SCIM** (Smart Common Input Method) is an input method platform containing support for more than thirty languages.  Roughly equivalent to Microsoft's Pinyin IME and Global IME.

==Installation==
~The software can be installed on any Puppy.  Alternatively, many Puppy's remastered for a particular language come with the software built in, for example Puppy528JP and Precise550JP.
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~SCIM software packages can be found at [[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/ meownplanet.net]], downloads:
~[[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/scim-1.4.7-i486.pet scim-1.4.7-i486.pet]]
~[[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/scim-1.4.9-i486.pet scim-1.4.9-i486.pet]]
~[[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/scim-bridge-0.4.15-i486.pet scim-bridge-0.4.15-i486.pet]]
~[[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/scim-bridge-0.4.16-i486.pet scim-bridge-0.4.16-i486.pet]]
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~For more information see, [[How to Setup SCIM|]]

==Keyboard Shortcuts==
~Ctrl + Space - activate SCIM bar (when cursor is activate)

==Switching Localization SCIM==
~Instructions for setting up Puppy to allow typing in non-latin character sets, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, etc.  This is different from a full localization because the underlying system is still in English or another Western language. It is useful to do this if for:
~~-sharing a computer with friends or family members who speak different languages from you.	
~~-learning a new language(s), and don't yet feel knowledgeable enough to handle menus in the new language(s).	
~~-running an internet café, or a multi-lingual workplace. You may want have several languages available to users, and still have the underlying system in the local language for support purposes. 

==Basic SCIM input==
~HowToSetUpScim
~GetScimWorkingAfterInstall
~MakeScimWorkWithQT
~MakeScimWorkWithJavaAndTerminal
~ScimLanguagesAvailable

==More Advanced SCIM input==
~CompilingScimPackages
~CompilingQtAndScimQtModules

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[InputDevices Input Device Index]]
~[[NativeLanguageSupport Language Support Index]]

==Related Webpages==
~[[http://www.scim-im.org/ SCIM homepage]]
~[[http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/Scim/ Scim software on meownplanet.net]]
~[[Wikipedia:Smart_Common_Input_Method]]
~[[http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=78917 How to manually add Japanese IME to Lucid Puppy 525]]
~[[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Smart_Common_Input_Method_platform SCIM on Archlinux wiki]]
~[[http://chewing.im/ Chewing.im]] - Intelligent Chinese Phonetic Input Method 
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