the iimf server is a "server service" which can be restarted using restart
command and invesitaged with /sbin/service iimf status
The link for the FAQ at www.openi18n.org says htt server needs be running.
for example: * ps -efw | grep htt | grep -v grep *

it is not, and nothing is in /etc/rc.d/init.d/
Still nothing there, and installed everything from the src.rpm
but can start htt as /usr/sbin/htt

you have to have the proper le's installed, and set the right environment variables ..

"le" in some of the rpms stands for language engines

these are loaded dynamically

IIIMF server loads Language Engines (LE) dynamically at runtime as requested by clients. In this first round of testing, four LEs are available:

to enter a kanji, do: enter a ka [space][enter]
to enter katakana, do: enter a ka [down-arrow][enter]
hiragana, do: ka [enter]

a good source is http://indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/IiimfHowto

the typical, dry, unhelpful reference is:
http://apac.redhat.com/iiimftest/testing-guide/ch-testcase.html
( that is the url for the test methods )
it offers no help at all.

the real home page: http://www.openi18n.org/ ( project page )

there is a link to download, and with its rapid development going on, i figure
better get the cvs. 3 options:
1. downlaoding subversion (a fucking cvs replacement .. another install) to get the recent cvs downloads.
2. wget
3. src.rpm

(1) did but stopped, as saw option for #2
(2) recursively gets 250 MB trunk, all of it, so aborted
(3) did 3. I then reinstalled all iimf-sdk rpms from src/redhat/RPMS/i386

gimlet stands for "gnome input method language engine tool"

That is, apparently, to get the iimf-sdk. I don't have that installed. I
wonder if that is why i can't start the gimlet. I followed the instructions,
but nothign gets added to my panel like it should be. Who knows ... let's
see where this goes.... downl

.... added the necessary entries to /etc/profile

(env vars XMODIFIERS and GTK_IM_MODULE)

[root@www init.d] LANG=ko_KR.UTF-8
[root@www init.d] gedit &
[2] 32007
[root@www init.d]#
(gedit:32007): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

<name#htt conf file and "cannot connect to server">

https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-i18n-list/2004-February/msg00043.html

I just subscribed the list. This is meant to be under the thread of "Test
result (Can't communicate with IIIM server)". I got the same error and
solved it by modifying the /usr/lib/im/htt.conf file.

I have to add the following line to that file:
AccessControl permit 127.0.0.1

however the above error does not occur if I do not "su" to root first

need to add GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim gedit after the LANG= line

according to the specs, in gedit, using ctrl-space should toggle input,
however I find that it works only after right-clicking and selecting
ipryoukgi (input method) to be "internet/intranet method", then ctrl space
does toggle effect.

LANG
-- ko_KR.UTF8
-- (for japanese?) ja_JP.eucjp

$cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)

$rpm -qa | grep iim

iiimf-client-lib-11.4-43
iiimf-protocol-lib-devel-11.4-43
iiimf-le-xcin-0.1.5-1
iiimf-client-lib-devel-11.4-43
iiimf-docs-11.4-43
iiimf-x-11.4-43
iiimf-le-inpinyin-0.3-2
iiimf-le-canna-11.4-43
iiimf-le-hangul-11.4-43
iiimf-csconv-11.4-43
iiimf-protocol-lib-11.4-43
iiimf-server-11.4-43
iiimf-gtk-11.4-43

[joe@www mnt]$ LANG=ko_KR.UTF-8 GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim gedit
[joe@www mnt]$ echo $LANG
ko_KR.UTF-8
[joe@www mnt]$ echo $GTK_IM_MODULE

[joe@www mnt]$ echo $GTK_IM_MODULE

[joe@www mnt]$ GTK_IM_MODULE="iiim gedit"
[joe@www mnt]$

(the above should be fixed in the test request, as quotes must be used as it
is listed there to have the env updated with both LANG and GTK_IM_MODULE
values)

QUESTION: Does the character you typed appear inside Gedit?

yes.
TEST 1

[joe@www mnt]$ ;sdflkjsdf ã�&hibar;ã�ªã�Œ
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
[joe@www mnt]$ echo $LANG
ko_KR.UTF-8
[joe@www mnt]$

which is wrong. ctrl-space on the console gives me only the choice of
japanese or english input. I see these options on a small dialog box
(uneditable) which shows up on the top left corner of my panel.

also, the directions say:

Setup Environment Routine:

KDE = use KDE Desktop Setup Environment

Gnome = use Gnome Desktop Setup Environment

where are these located? once again, ctrl-input was dead at first, but after
right-clicking and changing "input method" to "internat/..... input method" as
above I managed to toggle between japanese hiragana input and katakana.

without proper setting of GTK_IM_MODULE, it is possible to use the "input
method" which rises up on the right-mouse click, change the selection there to
"internet/intranet input method" and activate the module that way.