Hi Joel, Tks for your advice. I'm now snswering this email on FC5_64 PC. I can input Chinese with following input methods on English locale; CangJie CangJie3 Wubi Simplex Quick etc. But some characters seemed missing. I doubt whether I need adding some Chines fonts? > >> iiimf-le-hangul-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-gtk-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-libs-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-docs-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-le-unit-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-le-chinput-0.3-19 > >> iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.10-1 > >> iiimf-le-canna-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-libs-devel-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-server-12.2-4.fc4.2 > >> iiimf-x-12.2-4.fc4.2 # yum list installed iiimf-* # yum list installed iiimf* # yum list installed iiimf # rpm -qa | grep iiimf-* # rpm -qa | grep iiimf* # rpm -qa | grep iiimf All no printout > >> To use Chinese input I must set LC_CTYPE and GTK_IM_MODULE. > >> Something like this: > >> > >> LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim thunderbird > > > > Which file shall I edit instead of exporting it each time before > > editing Chinese. TIA > > You've tried .bash_profile ? # cat ~/.bash_profile ... .... if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH unset USERNAME * end * B.R. SL