ons 2005-08-03 klockan 19:22 -0400 skrev Rodney Dawes: > They are for text input using the keyboard. The fact that they are there
[...] > I would probably suggest just not using it, if you do not want to use it > for now. Perhaps in the future, this could be an option in the Keyboard > or Locale settings, though. If you don't have a separate input method handler like UIM, you will want to have this in the context menu to set it on a per-input area basis. You may want to write email in English sometimes, and in Thai (or whatever) other times. You have perhaps one open spreadsheet in one language and a different one in another. I switch between the different Japanese input methods and western language all the time. Having to switch input method globally would be really, really inconvenient. > On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 15:59 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Todd Chambery wrote: > > > > > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:43:25 -0400 > > > From: Todd Chambery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Usability] "Input Methods" and "Insert Unicode Control > > > Character" in context menus > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've been using Gnome a while, and the "Input Methods"/"Insert Unicode > > > Control Character" options that show up in every text entry context > > > menu has always puzzled me. I've never had a need to use them (they > > > are "foreign" to a MS Windows user) and feel that they unnecessarily > > > clutter the context menu. > > > > > Is there a way to turn off these context menu options? > > > > Not that I know of, but it may be possible. > > > > I believe they are for complex text input and developers insisted on > > having them in an easy to find place, and techincal considerations trumped > > usability cocerns. I was under the impression that improvements to Pango > > and the general text handling in Gnome might eventually allow these menu > > items to be removed entirely. Hopefully someone more expert can shed some > > light on these and explain it better. > > > > Sincerely > > > > Alan Horkan > > http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Usability mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > > > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability -- Tel. (Japan) 090-3622 8920 Dr. Jan Morén (mr) Sweden: +46-31 360 7723 Dept. of Cognitive Science http://lucs.lu.se/people/jan.moren Lund, Sweden _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
