Hi, Wayne,

Thanks for your appreciation!

IIIMF also supports using different input methods for different input 
contexts. You could configure this behavior with iiim-properties, i.e., 
by disabling the "The language is applied to all applications" option in 
"General" tab.

Regards,

W. Wayne Liauh 写道:
> There is absolutely no chance that SCIM will be considered for the upcoming 
> 2008.11 LiveCD.  There is just not enough time to go through the necessary QA 
> process.  Also, if an exception were made (and for something of such 
> significant magnitude), who is going to close the flood gate that may ensue?
>
> Yong really did a great job of porting SCIM to OpenSolaris.  Without that, we 
> wouldn't even be in the discussions.
>
> Also thanks to Yong's contributions, we can actually talk about the 
> advantages of SCIM, especially for use in the LiveCD for maximum 
> acceptability.  I am attaching two screenshots to illustrate some of its 
> advantages.
>
> Screenshot 1 shows the languages and input methods available in the current 
> implementation of SCIM:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yong-scim-1
>
> Comparing with the IIIM used in the current LiveCD, only Hebrew is missing.  
> However, the Hebrew subpackage can be easily added if necessary.  Thus, with 
> a small effort, we won't lose anything.
>
> One of the advantages of SCIM vis-a-vis IIIM is that it allows different 
> languages and input methods for different applications in the same login 
> session.  This is illustrated in Screenshot 2:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yong-scim-2
>
> which shows four x-terms implementing four different languages of traditional 
> Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic (Egypt), respectively.  In comparison, 
> IIIM allows only the same input method.  If OpenSolaris is intended to be a 
> great multi-lingual OS, it should be quite obvious which one will be more 
> helpful.
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