[SCIM] Improved scim-panel-kde (about socket config)

[Cougar]

Ok, finally I can get rid of the ugly socket config
"firt-time-work-around": now socket config API in
scim-panel-kde will return FAIL command if it can not
find a key in config file, this will make scim to use
default value ;)

Cougar

--- Cougar <liuspider at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think that's another solution, but in my opinion
> KConfig is derived from QObject and depends on Qt
> event loop, so I imagined it would be difficult (or
> even impossible) to write a scim module based on
> KConfig without a QApplication running in scim.
> 
> You are right, maybe I should make scim-panel-kde to
> start scim automatically.
> 
> Or if users want to start input method when startx,
> then 2 lines of commands will make no differences ;)
> (I hope)
> 
> Cougar
> 
> --- James Su <suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn> wrote:
> > Hmm,
> >   It's a way, but not a good way. people always
> want
> > to start scim with 
> > only scim command. Starting scim-panel-kde before
> > scim iteself is very 
> > annoying for users.
> >   I think the better way is writing a derived
> class
> > of scim::ConfigBase 
> > which using KConfig as the backend.  Then people
> can
> > start scim with 
> > just one command, like: scim -c kconfig -d
> > 
> > Regards
> > James Su
> > 
> > Cougar :
> > 
> > >Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >Finally, I decided to "incoporate" KConfig into
> > SCIM
> > >like this: implement the config retrieving socket
> > API
> > >in scim-panel-kde and let scim use socket config
> > (of
> > >course I need to specify the socket address in
> > >environmental vairable) to connect to
> > scim-panel-kde
> > >
> > >now you can have a try like this:
> > >scim-panel-kde -d (this must be started first)
> >
>
>SCIM_CONFIG_SOCKET_ADDRESS="local:/tmp/scim-panel-socket"
> > >scim -c socket -d
> > >
> > >scim will happily use what you are configured in
> > >scim-panel-kde setup UI (though at present there
> > are
> > >few settings about SCIM itself, more will come)
> > >
> > >On the other hand, I found a potentional problem:
> > the
> > >first time, you ask SCIM to use socket config to
> > >connect to scim-panel-kde, many settings are
> empty
> > (do
> > >not exist in kconfig files), but as long as the
> > socket
> > >config module connected to the server (in this
> case
> > is
> > >scim-panel-kde) and it can receive info from
> > server,
> > >it will think it can read the settings
> successfully
> > so
> > >do not fall back to the "default" value.
> > >
> > >I think it would be better to extend the socket
> > config
> > >API to specify whether it read something from the
> > >config file (success) or just empty values
> (fail).
> > >
> > >At present, the work around is: at the first time
> > you
> > >decide to migrate into scim-panel-kde, to do
> this:
> > >
> > >echo "[SCIM]" >> ~/.kde/share/config/skimrc
> > >cat ~/.scim/config.zh_CN* >>
> > >~/.kde/share/config/skimrc
> > >
> > >Any suggestions and feedbacks are highly
> > appreciated.
> > >
> > >Cougar
> > >
> >
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