IM Context Filter for Chinese Input

[Gaurav Jain <gaurav_anywhere yahoo com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to write an application, in which there is
a GtkEntry, in which the user will type chinese
characters using the IME available on Red Hat (xcin). 
Refer http://seba.studentenweb.org/thesis/linux.php on
how i'm trying to type the characters.

Now I have a GtkEntry, in which I connect a
"key-press-event" signal, so that I can process the
characters that are typed.

But before I process the characters, I must let the
IME process the characters typed by calling
gtk_im_context_filter_keypress() function.  If this
function returns TRUE, I return TRUE from the
key-press-callback.  Otherwise I do something with the
character, and then return FALSE from the function.

The problem is that when I type somethign in chinese,
and confirm the input, and then if I press a function
key such as HOME, then the program goes into an
infinite loop, calling my key-press-callback
repeatedly.

Please help me understand if there is something wrong
with my code, or is this a bug with GTK IME?

Thanks,
Gaurav

See code of my small sample program below.

----------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <gdk/gdk.h>

gboolean keypresscallback(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent
*event, gpointer data)
{
        printf("keypresscallback\n");
        if
(gtk_im_context_filter_keypress(GTK_ENTRY(widget)->im_context,
&(event->key)))
                return TRUE;

        return FALSE;
}

int main( int   argc,
          char *argv[] )
{

    GtkWidget *window;
    GtkWidget *vbox, *hbox;
    GtkWidget *entry1;
    GtkWidget *entry2;
    GtkWidget *entry3;
    GtkWidget *entry4;

    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

    /* create a new window */
    window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
    gtk_widget_set_size_request (GTK_WIDGET (window),
200, 100);
    gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "GTK
Entry");
    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
                      G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit),
NULL);
    g_signal_connect_swapped (G_OBJECT (window),
"delete_event",
                              G_CALLBACK
(gtk_widget_destroy),
                              G_OBJECT (window));

    vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox);
    gtk_widget_show (vbox);

    entry1 = gtk_entry_new();
    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (entry1),
"key-press-event",
                      G_CALLBACK (keypresscallback),
NULL);

    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), entry1, TRUE,
TRUE, 0);
    gtk_widget_show (entry1);

    hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 0);
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (vbox), hbox);
    gtk_widget_show (hbox);

    gtk_widget_show (window);

    gtk_main();

    return 0;
}



		
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