How does ubuntu switch the Chinese language and the Chinese Input Method?

To solve the ubuntu Chinese garbled problem, add the Chinese character encoding: $ sudo vim/var/lib/locales/supported. d/local # Add the following Chinese Character Set zh_CN.GBK GBK zh_CN.GB2312 GB2312 zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030 to make it take effect: $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales vim: Open the vim configuration file, in/etc/vim/vimrc, add set fileencodings = UTF-8, gb2312, gbk, gb18030 set termencoding = UTF-8 set encoding = prc save and exit source/etc/vim/vimrc. Now vim can correctly display Chinese characters. -------------------------------------------------------------- 'Pdf: $ sudo apt-get install xpdf-chinese-simplifiedxpdf-chinese-traditional # install the chinese font of the pdf $ sudo apt-get install poppler-data # install the software to solve the Garbled text in pdf. $ cd/etc/fonts/conf. d $ sudo cp 49-sansserif.conf 49-sansserif.conf_backup # Back up $ sudo rm 49-sansserif.conf # delete the file in the open PDF file to display Chinese characters properly. gedit: default configuration, use the Ubuntu Text Editor (gedit) to open the GB18030, GBK, GB2312, and other types of Chinese editing. Garbled text files. This is because gedit uses an encoding matching list. Only the encoding in this list is matched. Encoding not in this list is garbled. All you need to do is add GB18030 to the matching list. Command Line Method, applicable to all Ubuntu users. Copy the following command to the terminal and press Enter: gconftool-2 -- set -- type = list -- list-type = string/apps/gedit-2/preferences/encodings/auto_detected "[UTF-8, CURRENT, GB18030, BIG5-HKSCS, UTF-16] "graphical approach for Ubuntu users, not KUbuntu/XUbuntu users. Follow these steps to make your gedit correctly display the Chinese encoding file. Press the Alt-F2 to open the run application dialog box. In the text box, type "gconf-editor" and press the Enter key to open "configuration editor ". Expand the tree node on the left, find the/apps/gedit-2/preferences/encodings node, and click it. Double-click the auto_detected key on the right to open the edit key dialog box. Click Add on the right of the list, enter GB18030, and click OK. A "GB18030" is added at the bottom of the list ". Click Select it, and click the "up" button on the right until "GB18030" is at the top of the list. Click OK to close the configuration editor. In gedit3.x, enter dconf-editor to expand the org/gnome/gedit/preferences/encodings auto-detected value, add 'gb18030' to the value, and add it to the end of uft8; 'gb18030' is added to the show-in-menu value. Now, your gedit should be able to smoothly open the GB18030 encoded text file. Gedit 3. command setting for Version X: gsettings set org. gnome. gedit. preferences. encodings auto-detected "['utf-8', 'gb18030', 'gb2312', 'gbk', 'big5', 'current', 'utf-16']"