Daniel Glassey wrote: > I'd like to start discussion about proposing SCIM[1] to be included in > gnome 2.18 as the default IME so that languages/scripts that need more > than xkb layouts are supported by default. > > Great idea! I have wanted to work on closer integration of Input Methods (IM) and GNOME for some time. > Add a checkbox to the 'Keyboard' tab - something like 'Enable complex > input methods'. If scim is not installed then this will be disabled, > and something somewhere will tell you how to install scim to get this > functionality. > > If this is checked then scim will be started at startup > Behind the scenes scim will be configured to start with X. Ok. > In Debian there is a script called im-switch that sets up the environment for > IMEs. Hopefully that could be made into a freedesktop project for > other distros to use as well. Or if there is another way to do it that > would be good as well. > > BTW in Fedora Core 6 we have added a simple user IM setup tool called im-chooser written by Akira Tagoh to make it easier for users to turn IM on or off. > There will be an extra button on keyboard preferences to call scim > config e.g. Complex &Input. > > Ok > This requires X to be restarted so it would be useful to have a way to > log out and restart X rather than having to do a full reboot . > In the longer term I would like to see even tighter IM integration so that the desktop does not need to be restarted to activate (or deactivate) IM.
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