[Uim] uim environment problems

[TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki]

Hi,

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:34:03 +0200
Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel at planet.nl> wrote:

> What are the opinions on this list about the Debian im-switch 
> system (which is now automatically installed when you install uim)?
> 
> After some recent Debian (Sid) upgrade uim-xim did not work 
> anymore on my system. It turned out that some new file, 
> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch, unset the XMODIFIERS and 
> GTK_IM_MODULE environment variables.
> 
> It seems im-switch makes the default assumption that only people 
> whose LANG setting is Japanese, Chinese, or Korean would ever have 
> need of uim. For instance:
> 
>    jws at vega:~$ im-switch -l
>    No alternatives defined for language en_GB
>    =======================================================
>    The following languages have been configured to use input
>    methods:
>    ja_JP
> 
> But I think the whole point of UTF-8 internationalisation is that 
> anybody should be able to input any language, no matter what the 
> (GUI) interface language of the user's computer happens to be.

Though I don't know much about internationalization, I agree with you
on this point: anybody should be able to input any language. No one
will oppose this principle. So if im-switch doesn't allow you to use
uim, it would be a kind of bug.


Regards,

-- 
TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki
tkng at xem jp