Re: problem about XIM

[Weiwei Liao <ncatliao yahoo com>]

I think the problem is after you start chinput, your
locale is set to zh_gb2312 or something similar. Then
when you switched the keyboard mapping, the locale
didn't switch. That's why you can input Arabic but the
display doesn't look right.
--- miaocheng <snopy-xj 163 com> wrote:
> I use red hat linux 8.0, the version of XFree86 is
> 4.0.3 and  the 
> desktop manager is Gnome.
>   I have two problems about XIM . One is
> compatiblity between two 
> architectural models of inputing method . one model,
> as you know , is 
> Client/Server input model that is widely used to
> handle east Asian 
> languages inputing, the other is inputing , by means
> of  keyboard map , 
> letters of other languages which have alphabet . In
> my pc , I have 
> installed a inputing software named chinput that is
> widely used to input 
> chinese in china . Chinput implement Client/Server
> model and work well 
> in my pc . I use Arabic keyboard map to input Arabic
> .  I use xkbcomp to 
> load the map file, then I am able to normally input
> Arabic in my pc and 
> switch between English letter and Arabic letter by
> the right Alt key 
> when I don't run Chinput. After I run Chinput , I am
> able to input 
> English , Chinese . But then , under inputing
> English letter condition , 
> I use xkbcomp to load that Arabic keyboard map and
> pressed the right Alt 
> key , I can't have Arabic letter inputed well . e.g,
> when I press the 
> some keys ,such as 'a' 'b' 'e' 'f' keys,I get
> nothing on screen . When I 
> press shift key and 'i' key , I get '?#39; on screen
,
> 'O' key 
> corresponding to '?#39; on screen . other capital
> letters are inputed and 
> diplayed well on screen . I read the raw code of
> Chinput . When Chinput 
> is under inputing English letter condition ,
> whichever key you pressed 
> is perfectly relayed to application software . Is
> Client/Server inputing 
> model compatible with inputing model of keyboard map
> ? Whether are we 
> able to  choose only one inputing model to input
> character at same while 
> ? if it is false . where ,maybe, is problem ? How
> can I solve this problem?
>      Another question is How to introduce new
> symbolic names and their 
> corresponding value into
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h file . 
> Because I want to input Uyghur which letter is
> adopted to Unicode 
> standard . but its letters' symbolic names is not
> listed in keysymdef.h 
> and  aren't used in Keyboard map's configure file .
> that mean I don't 
> use Keyboard map to input Uyghur .
>     thanks
>     The Arabic Keyboard map file I used is below.
> xkb_keymap "myarabic" {
>     xkb_keycodes        { include "xfree86"         
>    };
>     xkb_types           { include "default"         
>    };
>     xkb_compatibility   { include "default"         
>    };
>     xkb_geometry        { include "pc(pc105)"       
>    };
> 
>     xkb_symbols         {
> 
>     include "en_US(pc105)+group(toggle)"
> 
>     name[Group1]= "US/ASCII";
>     name[Group2]= "Arabic";
> 
>     key <TLDE> {    [        grave,    asciitilde   
> ],
>             [     Arabic_thal,         Arabic_shadda
>    ]    };
>     key    <AB01> {    [        z,         Z    ],
>             [Arabic_hamzaonyeh,             Z    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AC01> {    [        a,         A    ],
>             [    Arabic_sheen,              A    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AD01> {    [        q,         Q    ],
>             [      Arabic_dad,          Q    ]    };
>     key    <AE01> {    [        1,        exclam   
> ],
>             [        1,        exclam     ]    };
>     key    <AB02> {    [        x,         X    ],
>             [    Arabic_hamza,             X    ]   
> };
>     key    <AC02> {    [        s,         S    ],
>             [     Arabic_seen,            S    ]   
> };
>     key    <AD02> {    [        w,         W    ],
>             [      Arabic_sad,             W    ]   
> };
>     key    <AE02> {    [        2,        at    ],
>             [        2,            at    ]    };
>     key    <AB03> {    [        c,         C    ],
>             [Arabic_hamzaonwaw,             C    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AC03> {    [        d,         D    ],
>             [      Arabic_yeh,              D    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AD03> {    [        e,         E    ],
>             [     Arabic_theh,         E    ]    };
>     key    <AE03> {    [        3,    numbersign   
> ],
>             [        3,      numbersign    ]    };
>     key    <AB04> {    [        v,         V    ],
>             [         Arabic_ra,              V    ]
>    };
>     key    <AC04> {    [        f,         F    ],
>             [      Arabic_beh,         F    ]    };
>     key    <AD04> {    [        r,         R    ],
>             [      Arabic_qaf,              R    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AE04> {    [        4,        dollar   
> ],
>             [        4,          dollar    ]    };
>     key    <AB05> {    [        b,         B    ],
>             [          b,         B    ]    };
>     key    <AC05> {    [        g,         G    ],
>             [      Arabic_lam,              G    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AD05> {    [        t,         T    ],
>             [      Arabic_feh,              T    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AE05> {    [        5,       percent   
> ],
>             [        5,       percent    ]    };
>     key    <AB06> {    [        n,         N    ],
>             [Arabic_alefmaksura, Arabic_maddaonalef 
>   ]    };
>     key    <AC06> {    [        h,         H    ],
>             [     Arabic_alef,   Arabic_hamzaonalef 
>   ]    };
>     key    <AD06> {    [        y,         Y    ],
>             [    Arabic_ghain,              Y    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AE06> {    [        6,     asciicircum  
>  ],
>             [        6,     asciicircum    ]    };
>     key    <AB07> {    [        m,         M    ],
>             [Arabic_tehmarbuta,         M    ]    };
>     key    <AC07> {    [        j,         J    ],
>             [      Arabic_teh,    Arabic_fatha    ] 
>   };
>     key    <AD07> {    [        u,         U    ],
>             [      Arabic_ain,           U    ]   
> };
>     key    <AE07> {    [        7,     ampersand   
> ],
>             [        7,     ampersand    ]    };
>     key    <AB08> {    [        comma,          less
>    ],
>             [      Arabic_waw,           
> Arabic_damma    ]    };
>     key    <AC08> {    [        k,         K    ],
>             [     Arabic_noon,         Arabic_comma 
>   ]    };
>     key    <AD08> {    [        i,         I    ],
>             [       Arabic_ha,          division   
> ]    };
>     key    <AE08> {    [        8,      asterisk   
> ],
>             [        8,      asterisk    ]    };
>     key    <AB09> {    [       period,       greater
>    ],
>             [     Arabic_zain,         period    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AC09> {    [        l,         L    ],
>             [     Arabic_meem,            slash    ]
>    };
>     key    <AD09> {    [        o,         O    ],
>             [     Arabic_khah,       multiply    ]  
>  };
>     key    <AE09> {    [        9,     parenleft   
> ],
>             [        9,     parenleft    ]    };
>     key    <AB10> {    [        slash,      question
>    ],
>             [      Arabic_zah,  Arabic_question_mark
>    ]    };
>     key    <AC10> {    [    semicolon,         colon
>    ],
>             [      Arabic_kaf,           colon    ] 
>   };
>     key    <AD10> {    [        p,         P    ],
>             [      Arabic_hah,    Arabic_semicolon  
>  ]    };
>     key    <AE10> {    [        0,    parenright   
> ],
>             [        0,    parenright    ]    };
> 
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