clone 314627 retitle -1 uim should support *.UTF-8 locales reassign -1 uim-common severity important thanks
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:59:39 +0200 Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: uim-common > Version: 1:0.4.7-1 > Followup-For: Bug #314627 (snip) > > im-switch is automatically pulled in by uim-common. It installs a file > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch which clears the user's XMODIFIERS and > GTK_IM_MODULE settings. The user is not warned in any way; > /usr/share/doc/uim-common says nothing about it; but the result is that uim > (i.e. uim-xim) does not work anymore in xterm and openoffice. And for what? XMODIFIERS and GTK_IMMODULE, LANG is not cleared if you are put them in ~/.xsession. Only putting them ~/.xsession and runs uim-xim in .xsession solves this problem. I admit no document in /usr/share/doc/uim/README about im-switch is a problem. > This is precisely what we do NOT want. Whether input methods are used or not > should be left to the user, not to the (GUI) interface language. In a > multilingual (UTF-8) environment the interface language is just about > irrelevant. I want to be able to input Japanese in an en_GB.UTF-8 system, > and uim can do this very well, but im-switch just prevents this. This is a > functionality bug (not just wishlist). > > This dependency should be an option, not automatic, until the consequences > have become more clear and better documentation for users provided. I do NOT change the mind of depending on im-switch. im-switch is needed for newbies. Thanks -- Masahito Omote([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
