[immodule-qt] introduce description() function

[LiuCougar]

I stand with you now

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:23:33 +0900, YamaKen <yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp> wrote:
> At Wed, 4 Aug 2004 03:34:43 +0100,
> liucougar at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:23:23 +0900, YamaKen <yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp> wrote:
> > > At Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:05:34 +0000,
> > > liucougar at gmail.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:43:51 +0900, YamaKen <yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp> wrote:
> > > > > There is another wishlist for QMultiInputContext. Anyone?
> > > > >
> > > > > - sort input methods by supported language
> > > > What should be done if one plugin support several languages, such as scim-qtimm?
> > >
> > > Sort by languages[0] is a simple compromise. Any ideas?
> > Ok, this is an idea. However I do not think it is good enough and acceptible.
> >
> > Maybe I can add a config option in scim-qtimm to specify what the
> > language() should return. For Chinese users, they would prefer zh_CN,
> > while in case of Japanese users, they can modify it to ja. Another
> > idea about scim-qtimm and similar plugins which support CJK input
> > methods is to honor the locale currently used.
> >
> > What's your view about these ideas?
> 
> I've thought about your opinion, and I withdraw the
> suggestion. There are some reasons.
> 
> - sorting uim input methods properly is the responsiblity of uim
> 
> - all other immodules except for uim and xim (scim, iiimqcf,
>  simple) is multilingual plugin, and there are still few
>  plugins. So the sorting is not actually benefical for users
> 
> We should keep in mind the sorting feature and implement
> appropriately in accordance with actual experience.
> 
> Cougar, Kazuki, Daisuke, how do you think about it?
> 
> > > > > - sort the language groups of input methods in accordance with
> > > > >   current locale (place current locale language top)
> > > > I do not think this is very useful, or at least there should be a
> > > > config option to enable/disable this
> 
> > > But Chisene users that using zh_CN.UTF-8 locale will prefer
> > > following layout. So I suggest sort by locale (language part of
> > > locale, accurately). If it is not useful in some situation,
> > > please show me an example.
> 
> > I admit that this is useful and more convenient. However, do you see
> > anything similar in any other apps/libs which modify the order of
> > items in a popup menu to honor the locale settings? IMO, the
> > consistence of the order is also important for end users.
> 
> I also withdraw the suggestion by same reason. And I agree with
> you about importance of the consistency.
> 
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> 
> 
> YamaKen  yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp
> 


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