Archive for February, 2006

FCITX working under en_US.utf8 locale

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

I always forget this when I run a pacman -Su update, and fcitx stops working. I use fcitx as my Chinese input method under the en_US.utf8 locale, so my menus and titles remain in English.
The file /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules gets overwritten (probably by updates to GTK). I need to append “en” the “xim” line as follows:

"xim" "X […]

Field Notes 20060202

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

We started the rehearsal with a photocopy handout from a conducting tome in Japanese. Practicing conducting will improve our ability to communicate in an ensemble through cuing, and will involve our entire bodies in the action. The handout illustrates the movement of the conductor’s baton over the course of four beats:

Each stroke should be practiced […]

That’s The Way (Uh-huh Uh-huh)

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

He does not use email, saying that he used it from about 1975 until January 1, 1990, and that was enough for one lifetime. He finds it more efficient to respond to correspondence in “batch mode”, such as one day every three months, to be sent by postal mail.
Wikipedia entry for “Donald Knuth”, 2006-02-01


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