Hi Aleksej, Could you send your script which you use to setup your environment? I think most developers could get a better understanding of the situation by just looking at your script.
Also, Perhaps some of this could incorporated as an input method configuration? -Stafford On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:57:58 +0000 Aleksej Struk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I would like to start a new discussion regarding E features. > > During the past time I usually use 2 different languages for input in > my work. This languages are english and russian. So, in order to be > able to switch between them I use setxkbmap program of the X11. I wrote > a script which does language switching for me. > > However, it is not comfortable enought. First of all, I do not have > any visual representation of my current language selection. Second, > such a way of switching language is global. So, if I turn, for example, > russian language, I will have it everywhere and in every application I > currently use, but it would be nice to have some local language selection > per application. Finally, I already had some troubles with non-english :) > language and desktop locking. If I turn, for example, russian language > and then lock the screen from the menu, or by using shortcut, for > example ctrl+F12, I'm not able to unlock my desktop, since the ASCII > code values of russian letters are greater that 128 and E, basically, > does not accept them. Please do not refere to locale settings in this > situation :) since I prefer to work in C locale or en_US. > > > I would like to propose to implement such a language switchin mechanism > in E. However, I'm able to implement it of course :), but I'd like to > hear different opinions on that. Moreover, I'd like to hear some comments > from devs, what should be done. > > The things I want to do are the following: > > a) implement a new configuration dialog that allows to select perfered > languages, to set the default input language, and to select the language > switching policy. For example such policies can be: (i) global - the > language is selected for all applications, (ii) local - the language > is selected for the specific application or a window, (iii) maybe > something else. > > b) implement 2 new actions that allows to switch between selected > languages in two ways - forward and backword. For example if I have > selected 3 languages EN-RU-IT, then I want to be able to switch > between them in the 2 following ways: (i) EN->RU->IT->EN->... (ii) > IT->RU->EN->IT... Of course here I assume that default language is EN. > > c) implement an E module which will monitor the current language > selection. Moreover it would be nice if it would allow to switch languages > as well. For example if one click on it. > > > I think the option a) is the most easiest from the implementation point > of view. > > For the option b) I think the following actions whould be taken. The > main E config should store the information what langs are selected, > which is default one, and what lang switching policy is used. Also, > the current language selection should be stored in main config, probably > just temporarly, if the global language switching policy is used. > > Also, I think, that the data structure representing the window border > should have a field that will show the current language selection for > this particular window, if the local language policy is selected. Then, > the language for this window should be switched automatically, when it > gets the focus. > > I think, that some sort of IPC also should be implemented in order to > have a possibility to assign shortcuts. Of course, default shortcuts > should be defined as well ::)) > > The option c) is the most mistirious for me, since I never worked with > modules. I guess, that in order to monitor the current lang selection, > some IPC actions should exist. Also, I think, they should exist if we > want module to be able to switch languages. It would be nice if somebody > referenced me to an existing example, or briefly explain how things > should be done. > > > Well, I think thats all what I wanted to write and ask opinions about. > :) Waiting for comments, suggestions and etc. > > sn. > > -- > > Aleksej Struk > Master Degree Student > Free University of Bozen-Bolzano > Faculty of Computer Science > phone: +39-0471-061749 > cell phone: +39-3204627049 +370-61278908 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://astruk.googlepages.com/home > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. 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