Re: [Scim-devel] RFC: scim and gnome 2.18

[Jens Petersen <petersen redhat com>]

Daniel Glassey wrote:
> I'd like to start discussion about proposing SCIM[1] to be included in
> gnome 2.18 as the default IME so that languages/scripts that need more
> than xkb layouts are supported by default.
>
>   
Great idea!  I have wanted to work on closer integration of Input 
Methods (IM) and GNOME for some time.
> Add a checkbox to the 'Keyboard' tab - something like 'Enable complex
> input methods'. If scim is not installed then this will be disabled,
> and something somewhere will tell you how to install scim to get this
> functionality.
>   
> If this is checked then scim will be started at startup
> Behind the scenes scim will be configured to start with X.
Ok.
> In Debian there is a script called im-switch that sets up the environment for
> IMEs. Hopefully that could be made into a freedesktop project for
> other distros to use as well. Or if there is another way to do it that
> would be good as well.
>
>   
BTW in Fedora Core 6 we have added a simple user IM setup tool called 
im-chooser written by Akira Tagoh to make it easier for users to turn IM 
on or off.
> There will be an extra button on keyboard preferences to call scim
> config e.g. Complex &Input.
>
>   
Ok
> This requires X to be restarted so it would be useful to have a way to
> log out and restart X rather than having to do a full reboot .
>   
In the longer term I would like to see even tighter IM integration so 
that the desktop does not need to be restarted to activate (or 
deactivate) IM.

Jens