[SCIM] Compose keys don't function with SCIM's gtk immodule

[Zhe Su]

Hi,
  For this issue in scim-xim, maybe the patch provided by Thomas
Quinot should make sense.

Regards
James Su

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:28:48 +0800, Zhe Su <james.su at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I had fixed scim gtk immodule to support compose keys. Could you
> please have a try?
> 
> Regards
> James Su
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:45:10 +0800, James Su <suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   I know nothing about compose keys, does anyone can give me more
> > detailed information?
> >
> > Regards
> > James Su
> >
> > Yukiko Bando wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >When I switch to French keyboard layout or my custom Xmodmap, compose keys
> > >(aka dead keys) don't seem to work either using SCIM's gtk immodule or
> > >SCIM-XIM.
> > >
> > >My environments:
> > >- KDE 3.2.3, Xorg-x11-6.7, Mandrake 10.1 cooker
> > >- Locale=en_US.UTF-8
> > >- Japanese 106 keyboard
> > >- dead_circumflex (^) is assigned to keycode 34 (next to "P") in French
> > >keyboard layout.
> > >
> > >1) In gedit
> > >a) using SCIM's gtk immodule
> > >^ x 2 (press ^ twice) =  nothing happens
> > >^ + e (press ^ then e) = e
> > >
> > >b) using UIM's gtk immodule
> > >^ x 2  = ^
> > >^ + e = 锚
> >
> >
> > >
> > ># Compose keys work fine.
> > >
> > >2) In kwrite
> > >a) when SCIM-XIM running
> > >^ x 2  = nothing happens
> > >^ + e = e
> > >
> > >b) when SCIM-XIM not running
> > >^ x 2  = ^^
> > >^ + e = ^e
> > >
> > ># There's no way to input accented characters using compose keys in qt
> > >applications at the moment.  (Thomas Quinot's patch is not applied in
> > >Mandrake...?)
> > >
> > ># Tokunaga-san posted this link in UIM's mailing list a while ago. (FYI)
> > >"Dead keys under Linux and X11"
> > >http://wauug.erols.com/~balsa/linux/deadkeys/
> > >
> > >I wonder if this is a problem specific to Japanese keyboard or my distro.  Can
> > >anyone try to see if it works?
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> > >
> > >Yukiko
> > >
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