Hi,
I kind of see your problem but questions are:
* is this feature?
* does this change cause side effect?
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 03:16:51AM +1100, Harshula wrote:
> Package: im-switch
> Version: 1.16
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi,
>
> K. Sethu brought this inconsistent behaviour to my attention [1].
>
> im-switch(8):
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> im-switch [-v][-z ll_CC] -s inputmethodname
>
> ...
>
> -z ll_CC
> Set up the input method for X run under ll_CC locale (ISO 639 /
> ISO 3188). When setting for all locales, use all_ALL as the
> quasi-locale value here.
This documentation may have room to improve ...
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If im-switch is run with ll_CC set to all_ALL and run again with ll_CC
> set to the real locale, e.g. en_AU, then the "inputmethodname" set for
> en_AU will override the "inputmethodname" set for all_ALL.
That is what I intended this to work.
all_ALL is meant as fallback default as I remember.
> One would expect the inverse behaviour where the "inputmethodname" set
> for all_ALL would override the "inputmethodname" set for en_AU.
Hmmm.... could you suggest documentation update to reflect current
situation?
> Fixing this problem is quite straightforward. Simply, search for the
> quasi-locale, all_ALL, symlink before the real locale, en_AU:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --- 80im-switch.bak 2007-12-25 01:39:19.000000000 +1100
> +++ /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80im-switch 2009-01-28 02:29:39.000000000 +1100
> @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
> echo "Setting IM through im-switch for locale=$LNG."
>
> # Source first found configuration under $LNG locale
> -for f in "$HOME/.xinput.d/${LNG}" \
> - "$HOME/.xinput.d/all_ALL" \
> - "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/${LNG}" \
> +for f in "$HOME/.xinput.d/all_ALL" \
> + "$HOME/.xinput.d/${LNG}" \
> "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL" \
> + "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/${LNG}" \
> "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default" ; do
> if [ -f "$f" -a -r "$f" ]; then
> echo "Start IM through $f linked to $(readlink -f $f)."
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
This suites your way of expectation but it does not suites my way of
thinking.
By the way, what do you tell user if they want to remove all_ALL
feature. There is no easy way other than using "rm" command. This is
the real problem. Maybe if we have way to remove link via im-switch
command, people will not be confused. Setting all_ALL while removing
everything else will get you what you want with current order.
I think action items are:
* improve documentation
* add new option -d which reset inputmethod link for that link, if run
without -z ll_ZZ, then it should reset for all locales.
Basically, -d is oposit of -a, -c, -s does.
What do you think?
Osamu
PS: I was lust using "rm" until now for this.
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