Enhancing Usability regarding Input Methods in the X desktop

[James Su]

Hi,
   You may have a look at my Smart Common Input Method platform: 
http://www.turbolinux.com.cn/~suzhe/scim/

   It's locale independ itself, and can be used in any locale with UTF-8 
encoding.

Regards
James Su

Andreas Laestadius дµÀ:
> In my humble oppinion, there is a usability issue with
> the current way the linux desktop handles input
> methods. Localization and translation efforts are all
> good, however, currently the Linux desktop is
> multi-monolingual at best.
> 
> It might or might not be easy to implement, but  as a
> usability aspect, the X desktop needs a unified,
> locale independent and on demand way of setting of the
> input method.
> 
> This is a significant usability issue for many
> multilingual people. I for one switch frequently
> between Swedish, English and Japanese, and I know many
> people (translators, other multilingual professionals)
> have the need to use multiple character sets, input
> modes in the same document and / or switch often
> between different modes.
> 
> Using the LANG variable (as many applications do) to
> set the _input_ method for an application is not the
> answer, that's localization down the monolingual-lane,
> not true i18n.
> 
> I am sorry if I come off like requesting a feature (or
> stating some kind of wish list), but I strongly feel
> for this usability issue.
> 
> Where would be the right place for the implantation
> for this? Is there any project dealing with this at
> present?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andreas Laestadius
> 
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