<snip> > The fact that the state of the art appears to be ibus > and that it is not > the default on Solaris is a detriment to projects > such as this that are > integrating new features for ibus. > > Hasegawa-san, I believe you were both the case owner > and the project > team for the ibus integration. What are the plans to > make ibus the > default in Solaris, and to EOF the other two > frameworks? Has this in > fact already happened, and I simply missed it? > > Thanks, > -Seb > _______________________________________________ > i18n-discuss mailing list > i18n-disc...@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/i18n-disc > uss
Sunpinyin 2.0 has been ported to Ubuntu, and there are a lot of interests among Ubuntu developers, see: http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=238413&start=0 IMHO if Sunpinyin 2.0 for iBus (iBus is schedule to become the default IM for OpenSolaris) is not fast-tracked, I will be very embarrassed to even mention the word OpenSolaris. Understandably, IIIMF is not perfectly suitable for desktop use (I have discussed this issue extensively in the past), but I am very pleased to see the improvements that have gone into IIIMF. I am not qualified to comment as to how good it has become, but so far, I have no problem inputting Chinese characters using IIIMF/OpenSolaris. Compared to other Linux distros, the IIIMF in OpenSolaris also comes with an on-screen keyboard. For users who have to use a non-US keyboard (e.g., the bopomofo keyboard for traditional Chinese speakers), this is really handy. It is sad that this advantage was never widely advertised. As to the Sunpinyin input method engine, as I mentioned in a separate thread: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=117802&tstart=0 to input the Chinese characters “新年恭喜” (Happy New Year), after the first time, I only have to type “xngx”, and the words “新年恭喜” will come out for me to select. For those such as myself who view typing Chinese characters as worse than going thru a root canal, this is a life-saver. I also appreciate the fact that i18n/g11n developers decided not to use iBus as the default IM for OpenSolaris 2010.03. It is simply not stable, to the point that it is unusable (at least for chewing users). Every time I installed a Ubuntu 10.04 machine, I had to install the SCIM packages and switch the default input method from iBus. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
