[Bug 1551283] Re: "Region & Language" settings should allow you to set keyboard input method system

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I have uploaded modified versions of im-config and language-selector to
this PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/im-config-gnome

Please feel free to upload and test.

With those changes, im-config (and gnome-language-selector) will default
to IBus in Ubuntu GNOME. I added an exception for Ubuntu GNOME, so it
will not default to fcitx even if a CJKV language is used as the display
language. This seemed to be the most reasonable solution, considering
the limitations of gnome-control-center in this respect.

I also changed pkg_depends so it pulls IBus IM engines for Chinese in
Ubuntu GNOME. (Currently it does not.)

It should be noted that you don't need to install language-selector-
gnome to switch between IM frameworks (IBus, fcitx, etc.). It can be
done from the im-config GUI "Input Method Configuration" or from command
line.

Let me know if you have any objections on the proposed changes.

Personally I think it would make sense to at least try to *allow* the
users to use fcitx, even if g-c-c doesn't support it. Possibly it would
require that the settings of the IM related environment variables in
gnome-session are commented. (im-config sets them anyway as long as IBus
is the selected IM framework.) I added a gnome-session task as a
reminder. ;)

@Nikita: The input source you should use for typing Japanese is
"Japanese (Anthy)" or possibly "Japanese (Mozc)".

** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => In Progress

** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)

** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => In Progress

** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)

** Also affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  "Region & Language" settings should allow you to set keyboard input
  method system

Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Invalid
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in im-config package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  In the gnome-language-selector one is able to set the "Keyboard input
  method system". For instance on my system I can either set it to
  "none", "IBus", or "fcitx". However there is no such option in the
  gnome-control-center's Region & Language section, though I think that
  there should be.

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