--- st-0.2/st.c	Sat Jan 21 22:43:03 2012
+++ st-0.2_modified/st.c	Tue Mar  6 05:23:12 2012
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@
 	XSetWindowAttributes attrs;
 	Cursor cursor;
 	Window parent;
+	
 
 	if(!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
 		die("Can't open display\n");
@@ -1738,9 +1739,23 @@
 
 	/* input methods */
 	xw.xim = XOpenIM(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	xw.xic = XCreateIC(xw.xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing
+       
+
+        if (xw.xim == NULL) {
+	  XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=local");
+	  /* Second try */
+	  xw.xim= XOpenIM(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	} 
+
+	if (xw.xim != NULL) 
+	  xw.xic = XCreateIC(xw.xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing
 					   | XIMStatusNothing, XNClientWindow, xw.win,
 					   XNFocusWindow, xw.win, NULL);
+	else {
+	  die("Context could not be opened\n");
+	}
+					   
+					   
 	/* gc */
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(xw.dpy, xw.win, 0, NULL);
 	
@@ -2101,8 +2116,9 @@
 	}
 
  run:
-	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
-	tnew(80, 24);
+       
+	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
+       	tnew(80, 24);
 	ttynew();
 	xinit();
 	selinit();