[Pkg-ime-devel] Request for sponsorship: gcin

[Osamu Aoki]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 12:32:53PM +0000, caleb wrote:
> Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >You are using immodule for GTK aplication instead of xim.  I know it is
> >new and may support somewhat beter candidates display but why not use
> >GTK_IM_MODULE=xim as default.
> 
> Gcin is written in C. It has no C++ ABI discompatibility problem.
> Its immodules are very stable, and supports all locales, including 
> POSIX/C locale.
> 
> Gcin's GTK immodule works great with Mozilla family, Acrobat Reader, and 
> all GTK+2-based applications(Of course!). Its QT immodule works great 
> with Skype, Opera, and all Qt3-based applications. Both immodules are as 
> stable as XIM.
> 
> If Debian Etch prefers XIM, let gcin use XIM as default is also a good idea.

Hmmmm.. since tproblem was CPP ABI thing, IMMODULE is Better after
reading you.

> >Can you give me your reference?  Are you just doing this one time or
> >thinking to do this longer time?
> 
> I do not know what is "reference". I have maintained gcin deb packages 
> for one and half an year, since version 0.9.5. I will maintain gcin's 
> Debian/Ubuntu packages for a long time.

  Please read http://nm.debian.org and apply for NM.  I can be advocate.

> > I tested GTK IMMODULE.  It looks like working but I do not know how it
> > should work.
> 
> Middle-click gcin's tray icon, then you may select Japanese 
> inputmethod(The second item from the bottom).
> Ctrl+Space will toggle gcin's input window on an off.
> Gcin uses Space as endkey. For example, press "a" "Space" "1" in input 
> window can produce a "???".

END key was the thing :-)

> > It does not seem to work with xim method but anyway, I do not know how
> > it should be tested.
> 
> Gcin's XIM mode only supports zh_TW.*, zh_CN.*, and en_US.UTF-8 
> currently. Its default XIM name is "gcin". It also can auto-detect XIM 
> name, according to XMODIFIERS.
> 
> caleb
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