Fwd: Re: Advanced input methods in 17.10/18.04

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Forwarding the below message since it seems to have not made it to the 
list for some reason.


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Subject: Re: Advanced input methods in 17.10/18.04
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 21:24:36 +0900
From: AWASHIRO Ikuya <ikuya at fruitsbasket.info>
Organization: fruitsbasket.info
To: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>
CC: ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com

Hi Gunnar,

On Tue, 9 May 2017 17:56:42 +0200
Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Going forward I suppose we have these options:
> 
> 1. Implement support for Fcitx in g-c-c and keep Fcitx as the default IM 
> framework for CJKV. (Does anybody have time to add Fcitx support to 
> g-c-c? Would it be possible to have it accepted upstream?)
> 
> 2. Keep Fcitx as the default IM framework for CJKV, and let the affected 
> users live with the missing g-c-c integration. (I can't tell how well 
> tested the use of other IM frameworks but IBus in Ubuntu GNOME is.)
> 
> 3. Go back to IBus as the default IM framework for all languages.
IMHO, 3 is better. It is hard to support/use Fcitx for GNOME Shell.

Because:

1. g-c-c (and g-s-d) does not support Fcitx as Gunnar says.
2. Fcitx does not support GNOME Shell's status area icon. It must be by 
design.
3. Input Method Panel extension[^1] is good extension for Fcitx and 
GNOME    Shell, but it does not support to show Hankaku/Zenkaku mode on 
Japanese
    language. It is hard to use.
4. Current Fcitx does not support Wayland as Joakim says.
5. gnome-initial-setup does not support Fcitx.

[^1]: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/261/kimpanel/

Regards,

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