[SCIM] The new features I'm implementing.

[Anton Birkel]

I haven't upgraded SCIM in a while, so Im not sure if this has been
implemented or not yet, but I would like to see, instead of a floating
box, integration into the taskbar. =)

Anton



On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:58:49 +0800, James Su <suzhe at tsinghua.org.cn> wrote:
> Hi,
>  Thank you for your suggestion. This should be fixed in scim-chinese to
> let user customize the selection keys.
> 
> Regards
> James Su
> 
> 
> 
> Yukiko Bando wrote:
> 
> >On Sunday 07 November 2004 00:20, Zhe Su wrote:
> >
> >
> >>  Currently I'm implementing the following features in the next major
> >>SCIM release:
> >>
> >>1. Multiple displays support for one user at the same time (DONE).
> >>2. Add a beep method in IMEngine interface (DONE).
> >>3. Client Helper interface, for client side GUI Helper module, eg.
> >>customized GUI, On Screen Keyboard, Handwriting, etc. (WIP)
> >>4. Proxy IMEngine support, for revert conversion etc. (TODO)
> >>5. Keyboard Layout remapping, eg. remap QWERTZ, Dovrak layouts to QWERTY.
> >>(TODO)
> >>
> >>Do you have any suggestions and ideas about these features? Or, do
> >>you have any new requests? Please tell us.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'd like to make a small request about the candidate selection in Smart
> >Pinyin.  Maybe it is related with #5 of the above?
> >
> >It's very convenient to be able to select a candidate from the list by number
> >(which is not implemented in UIM's Japanese input methods...), especially
> >when what I want is the last one in the proposed list.  On some keyboard
> >layouts like French AZERTY, however, one has to press Shift to get 1-0 (see
> >below).  Also, with my custom xmodmap, I have to press a mode switch key
> >because 1-0 are in the second group...
> >
> >Of course, one has the option to use a different keyboard layout for Chinese
> >input, but switching between two layouts is a little bit confusing for me,
> >and probably so it is for most people, I guess.  So, I wonder if either of the
> >following would be possible.
> >
> >* Allow users to customize the select keys.
> >* SCIM (or scim-chinese) judges what users select from the list by keycode
> >instead of characters/figures that are mapped to a key.
> >
> >I hope I'm not asking for something crazy... :)
> >
> >Looking forward to the next release.  Thank you.
> >
> >Yukiko
> >
> >--------
> >(French AZERTY layout)
> >keycode  10 = ampersand 1
> >keycode  11 = eacute 2 dead_tilde
> >keycode  12 = quotedbl 3 numbersign
> >keycode  13 = apostrophe 4 braceleft
> >keycode  14 = parenleft 5 bracketleft
> >keycode  15 = minus 6 bar
> >keycode  16 = egrave 7 dead_grave
> >keycode  17 = underscore 8 backslash
> >keycode  18 = ccedilla 9 asciicircum
> >keycode  19 = agrave 0 at
> >
> >(My custom xmodmap)
> >keycode  10 = EuroSign exclam 1
> >keycode  11 = eacute quotedbl  2
> >keycode  12 = ugrave numbersign 3
> >keycode  13 = apostrophe dollar 4
> >keycode  14 = asterisk percent 5
> >keycode  15 = minus ampersand 6
> >keycode  16 = egrave apostrophe 7
> >keycode  17 = at parenleft 8
> >keycode  18 = ccedilla parenright 9
> >keycode  19 = agrave asciitilde 0
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