Dao Hai Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Please CC me, I'm not in Cooker list]
>
[...]
> > This is not the method used to configure an input
> > method in Mandrake
> > Linux. You must configure your input method in
> > ~/.i18n or system wide
> > in /etc/sysconfig/i18n with the XIM and XIM_PROGRAM
> > variables.
> It doesn't mean XIM program only, it means all X
> applications using xinit scripts (xinitrc.d/*) to init
> some environment variables for later use will be
> broken in Mandrake.
You are right but we see it the other way: program can't break other
programs by setting strange variables and can't block the X init
sequence if they are blocked.
> > > * From Virgin XFree's Xsession script:
> > >
> > > # run all system xinitrc shell scripts.
> > > for i in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* ; do
> > > if [ -x "$i" ]; then
> > > . "$i" <====== mean include (1)
> > > fi
> > > done
> > >
> > > * From MD's XFree's Xsession script (8.2 & 9.0):
> > >
> > > # run scripts in /etc/X11/xinit.d
> > > for i in /etc/X11/xinit.d/* ; do
> > > [ -d $i ] && continue
> > > # Don't run ??foo.{rpmsave,rpmorig,rpmnew}
> > scripts
> > > [ "${i%.rpmsave}" != "${i}" ] && continue
> > > [ "${i%.rpmorig}" != "${i}" ] && continue
> > > [ "${i%.rpmnew}" != "${i}" ] && continue
> > >
> > > if [ -x $i ]; then
> > > $i & <====== mean execute (2)
> > > fi
> > > done
> > >
> > >
> BTW, I've got this forwarded email from my friend, and
> I'm the author of xvnkb.
Contact Pablo if you want to discuss about IM as he is our i18n
expert.
--
Fred - May the source be with you
