Comment #20 on issue 1403 by [email protected]: Unable to customize Kana Key Table
http://code.google.com/p/ibus/issues/detail?id=1403
Some US keyboards have the [\|] key placed in a different position (e.g. lower right corner). Maybe for such keyboards it will be more convenient to use other mappings, for example: "\"->"ろ", "|"->"む". Perhaps it will be a good idea to add in future versions of ibus-anthy a possibility to add user-defined layouts via special files - like *.db files in ibus-table or *.sty files in scim-anthy. But, of course, it's up to Mr.Fujiwara and other ibus developers to decide which features are worth implementing. It seems that even in Japan most people use plain romaji input...
PS. My next idea may seem crazy, but perhaps the thumb-shift (親指シフト) input with NICOLA-A layout is a better choice for US keyboards than JIS kana layout?! Thumb-shift input uses mainly latin character keys (which are the same on US and Japanese keyboards) and seems to be extremely fast. Left ALT and SPACE keys may be used as thumb shift keys. The main disadvantage is that using an Alt key as a thumb shift key is a bit tricky (because Alt key is a modifier key). You need to press letter key a bit EARLIER than Alt key to get Alt to work as thumb shift. For example, in thumb-shift input mode pressing J+Alt_L will produce the correct "ど" symbol, while pressing Alt_L+J will produce a usual Alt-J combination, which will be ignored by the Input Method. Maybe I'm wrong and the thumb-shift input is not as good as it seems - I'm going to learn this method and try to use it on a usual QWERTY keyboard.
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