-------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to set environment varible: (csh/tcsh) (sh/bash) setenv XMODIFIERS @im=xcin export XMODIFIERS='@im=xcin' setenv GTK_IM_MODULE xim export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim setenv QT_IM_SWITCHER imsw-multi export QT_IM_SWITCHER=imsw-multi setenv QT_IM_MODULE xim export QT_IM_MODULE=xim and set LANG, LC_CTYPE to one of zh_TW.UTF-8, zh_TW.Big5 value: (csh/tcsh) (sh/bash) Big5: setenv LC_CTYPE zh_TW.Big5 export LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5 setenv LANG zh_TW.Big5 export LANG=zh_TW.Big5 or UTF-8: setenv LC_CTYPE zh_TW.UTF-8 export LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 setenv LANG zh_TW.UTF-8 export LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8 Finally, to start the GCIN input method daemon, use command: exec gcin & --------------------------------------------------------------------