Re: 3.6 Feature: IBus/XKB integration

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 09:34 +0200, Rui Tiago Cação Matos wrote:
> On 24/04/2012, Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> wrote:
<snip>
> > So, I don't think it really works to just ignore the group mechanism of
> > XKB and always load a one-group layout... it makes more sense to me to
> > identify what layouts are needed for all the input sources and load them
> > into a single keymap ahead of time. Yes, that might limit the user to
> > switching between 4 languages, but, really, how common is it to need
> > more than that?
> 
> Ok, that sounds like the best way forward then. And yes, I agree that
> users don't need to switch among more than 4 languages.

The 4 layouts limit is an artificial limit that causes bug reports and
raised eyebrows, and was one of the bugs that the ibus/xkb integration
was supposed to fix. Missing out on it would be a great
disappointment...