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----- Original Message ----- From: "Hideki Hiura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [I18n] Using XIM - must give up compose keys > > From: Phillip Vandry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is it possible to use XFree86's builtin IM (XimLocal) which implements > > compose keys and dead accents and the XIM protocol (XimProto) at the > > same time? It looks to me like it is not possible. > > Do you specifically want to use XimLocal module and XimProto module at > the same time? > Or you want the local simple composition IM capability and the remote > complex IM capability at the same time? > > If what you want is the latter, you may want to try IIIM Xlib module > called xiiimp.so. By modifying the XIM entry of your > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/<current locale>/XI18N_OBJS > from > > XIM common/ximcp _XimOpenIM _XimRegisterIMInstantiateCallback > _XimUnRegisterIMInstantiateCallback > > to something like > > XIM common/xiiimp _SwitchOpenIM > XIM common/xiiimp _XimpLocalOpenIM > XIM common/ximp40 _Ximp_OpenIM > XIM common/ximcp _XimOpenIM _XimRegisterIMInstantiateCallback > _XimUnRegisterIMInstantiateCallback > XIM common/ximll _XimpLocalOpenIM > XIM common/ximlocal _XimpLocalOpenIM > > You can use localIM/remoteIM at the same time, and you can go back and > forth among them. > Is That all need to do? Doesn't need something else like a modified version xlib, or some modification on environment variables setting? > They are available from openi18n.org. > > > What would be the correct solution? > > I'd like both ximlocal and ximcp/ximp40(R6 and R5 XIM protocol > modules) and actually all XIM servers to be tapering out, because the > combination of them does not really provide multilingual solution, its > old design carries many limitations, and not extensible/flexible. > I'm absolutely after you on this point, but I doubt if IIIMF is the right solution. To me, IIIMF seems too complex, too multi purposed, and too not X! Maybe I'am wrong, but I think it worth to try another path. _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
