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Since the fix of <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1481025> "cjkv" has been the system default in im-config for some flavors (e.g. Xubuntu, Lubuntu), which means that an IM framework is started and configured only if one of the CJKV languages is the selected display language. For other languages "cjkv" means that no IM related environment variables are set (value "none"). However, when starting gnome-language-selector first time after installation of one of those flavors, the selected IM method is set to "xim" automatically. This is undocumented behavior, and the background is commented in the bug description of <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1585797>. As illustrated in <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1573755>, the "xim" input method occasionally causes hard to debug keyboard problems. For this reason gnome-language-selector should not set "xim", but simply confirm the "none" default value from im-config. Some users need "xim" to access X11 dead key and compose key variants, and this means that they will always need to set it explicitly. The upside is that users who encounter problems with "xim" will do so as a result of an active measure, which increases the chance that they understand the causality. [Test Case] On a Xubuntu or Lubuntu system with a non-CJKV display language: * Remove already set user specific IM configuration: rm -f ~/.xinputrc * Open gnome-language-selector, and find that the selected "keyboard input method system" is "XIM". After installing the proposed version of language-selector-gnome, those steps instead result in the value "none". [Regression Potential] Low. This is only about the default value applied by gnome-language- selector, so it doesn't change an already set user specific IM configuration. ** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) Status: In Progress ** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Medium Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605408 Title: Don't set IM "xim" by default Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in language-selector source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] Since the fix of <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1481025> "cjkv" has been the system default in im-config for some flavors (e.g. Xubuntu, Lubuntu), which means that an IM framework is started and configured only if one of the CJKV languages is the selected display language. For other languages "cjkv" means that no IM related environment variables are set (value "none"). However, when starting gnome- language-selector first time after installation of one of those flavors, the selected IM method is set to "xim" automatically. This is undocumented behavior, and the background is commented in the bug description of <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1585797>. As illustrated in <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1573755>, the "xim" input method occasionally causes hard to debug keyboard problems. For this reason gnome-language-selector should not set "xim", but simply confirm the "none" default value from im-config. Some users need "xim" to access X11 dead key and compose key variants, and this means that they will always need to set it explicitly. The upside is that users who encounter problems with "xim" will do so as a result of an active measure, which increases the chance that they understand the causality. [Test Case] On a Xubuntu or Lubuntu system with a non-CJKV display language: * Remove already set user specific IM configuration: rm -f ~/.xinputrc * Open gnome-language-selector, and find that the selected "keyboard input method system" is "XIM". After installing the proposed version of language-selector-gnome, those steps instead result in the value "none". [Regression Potential] Low. This is only about the default value applied by gnome-language- selector, so it doesn't change an already set user specific IM configuration. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/1605408/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
