Hi Daniel, So glad to hear that you are considering integrating SCIM into GNOME. That's excellent.
On 9/8/06, Daniel Glassey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to start discussion about proposing SCIM[1] to be included in > gnome 2.18 as the default IME so that languages/scripts that need more > than xkb layouts are supported by default. > > Also, scim doesn't have the xkb restriction where you can only have a > maximum 4 keyboard layouts to swtich between. > > This would require only small changes to gnome. > > The keyboard preferences dialog would need to support enabling this: > > Add a checkbox to the 'Keyboard' tab - something like 'Enable complex > input methods'. If scim is not installed then this will be disabled, > and something somewhere will tell you how to install scim to get this > functionality. In windows, if input method support is not installed (for most western locales/versions of windows), the first time you check that checkbox, a message can be poped up to tell users how to install SCIM. (maybe providing a hook for distros here so they can start their installation process automatically) > If this is checked then scim will be started at startup > Behind the scenes scim will be configured to start with X. In Debian > there is a script called im-switch that sets up the environment for > IMEs. Hopefully that could be made into a freedesktop project for > other distros to use as well. Or if there is another way to do it that > would be good as well. I agree freedesktop shall have a standard wrt input method > There will be an extra button on keyboard preferences to call scim > config e.g. Complex &Input. > > This requires X to be restarted so it would be useful to have a way to > log out and restart X rather than having to do a full reboot . > > Regards, > Daniel > > [1] http://www.scim-im.org/ > > P.S. I haven't found discussion about this before in list archives but > the thought was vaguely mentioned at GUADEC so now would be a good > time to discuss it. > > -- > I'm subscribed with delivery to gtk-i18n-list so only cc me if that > list is included in reply > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Scim-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scim-devel > -- "People's characters are strengthened through struggle against difficulties; they are weakened by comfort." - Old Chinese adage _______________________________________________ gtk-i18n-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-i18n-list
