i remember reading a little about this before but has there been an update about maemo5 supporting japanese language input on the n900? thanks in advance.
I use Japanese intensely and have Japanese input on the N900, however I do it like I do Japanese input on my notebook, not bothering to install a Japanese IME, instead write Japanese in GNU Emacs, than copy/paste it wherever else.
This works very good, I've even compiled Prime, a predictive input system for Japanese, which is great for a handheld device, you just enter the first one or two characters and get predictive proposals for the word you wanna enter.
I'll be posting info on how to setup GNU Emacs with Prime on the N900 at some later point in time, so will drop a note here if you're interested.
I use Japanese intensely and have Japanese input on the N900, however I do it like I do Japanese input on my notebook, not bothering to install a Japanese IME, instead write Japanese in GNU Emacs, than copy/paste it wherever else.
After a little Googlation, I find that Vim can also input Japanese (without an IME) using mbyte mode and an appropriate keymap file. This is a revelation! I don't have my N900 yet, but the N810 version of Vim is compiled with the necessary +multi_byte option. I'm still hazy on the details of setting this up with Vim and it appears that this will only work for hiragana (not kanji), but it's better than nothing.
...I've even compiled Prime, a predictive input system for Japanese, ...I'll be posting info on how to setup GNU Emacs with Prime on the N900 at some later point in time, so will drop a note here if you're interested.
I hope Prime would work apart from Emacs. Proper Japanese input is in the works for the N900. It's just not here yet. Prime would be a nice addition for general use in any app on this device.
