Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $B$5$s$O=q$-$^$7$?(B:
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(B> On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:10:44PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(B>>
(B>> For the (aspirant) multilinguals among us, I would say no. The ability
(B>> to change input methods on the fly, halfway through filling in a form,
(B>> is somewhat cruicial.
(B>>
(B>> (For this, xim seems to be mostly useless.)
(B>
(B> Not so, at least for Korean. But I guess it depends on what IME
(B> you're using... The Ami input editor allows you to switch back and
(B> forth with a single keystroke.
(B
(BOnly between English (or whatever direct keyboard input does for you)
(Band Korean. But Ami cannot switch to Japanese of course.
(B
(B> I don't know what language you're
(B> trying to learn, but I suspect the IME for that language works
(B> similarly.
(B
(BIf you use an XIM for Japanese, you can usually only switch
(Bbetween Japanese and English, if you use an XIM for Chinese,
(Byou can usually only switch between Chinese and English.
(B
(BThere are some exceptions (SCIM, uim), but most XIM servers can only
(Bswitch between direct keyboard input and the one language they are
(Bdesigned for. That's not good for multilingual use.
(B
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