I'm just start catching the whole story and find where the discussion is now.
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Weng Xuetian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Germán Póo-Caamaño <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is it possible you can enumerate all those special needs and why are >> compulsory? >> >> Just stating the options are important does not help to understand why, >> neither gives the opportunity to think or determine which approach would >> fit better. >> > Well, since we already agreed on option complex but necessary is > required, we need not to continue on this question. > > But if you want I could explain it. (Note that both fcitx and ibus > have such option, so it's not about functionality but about UI.) > > Pinyin is an input method based on Pronunciation of Chinese character. > But Chinese people have quite different accent in different place, so > they might not be able to distinguish some pronunciation, for example > "si" or "shi". So they are option to let input method think si and shi > is the same string to lookup. Number of similar options is nearly 20, > I think we could think this as "Complex". For the number of people who > need it, it is much lesser than people who don't need it. But we > cannot remove them since it's necessary for those people. Now we're back to a specific input method, again. From my perspective, these options should be considered as input method engine options. I assume that proposed IM configuration module in gnome-control-center will ONLY presents the options for input method *framework*. Correct me if I'm wrong. As long as it have a button to launch the input method engine preference window AND doesn't shut the door from engine developer to customize, I don't see it as an issue. If so, I'm curious on how many tweaks in a certain input method *framework* are available to end users in runtime. How many are there in iBus and FCITX respectively? Otherwise, I'm afraid that we may never consolidate a unified UX for IM configuration module since the input method engine options vary vastly. ______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Take a Deep Breath out of Windows _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
