[Pkg-ime-devel] Bug#557555: ibus-setup shouldn't recommend $HOME/.bashrc

[Osamu Aoki]

Hi,

I agree with "ibus-setup shouldn't recommend $HOME/.bashrc" and
recommend things like .xsessionrc.  Some distribution may source
$HOME/.bashrc when starting X but Debian does not.  That is why
.xsessionrc was created.

Since .xsessionrc is parsed before im-switch, the values from
.xsessionrc are valid.  

The way im-switch starts daemon and set variables are very complicated.
So I understand people hate to use it.  (I did not create this
initially.)

FYI: I created im-config which let X source .xinputrc after .xsessionrc.
So input method script can be placed there.  It comes with default setup
which auto detect installed Input Method and activates it. (Currently,
IBus is the highest priority)  You can use GUI to set up lower priority
choice such as SCIM while having Ibus.)

FYI: If you set up via .xsessionrc, you may face conflict with im-switch
which try to start daemon with your choice of variables in .xsessionrc.
This is bug for im-switch as I think back.  im-config does not suffer
this.

Osamu