[ubuntu-in] Serious issue for non-European languages in 14.04: scim-m17n not working

[Swarup]

For many years SCIM has been the premier and preferred input method for 
many who type non-European languages all over the world. And it worked 
in all the previous distributions of Ubuntu. But there seems to be a 
preference in making users type with IBUS instead. Both systems used to 
be supported, but now in 14.04 only IBUS has support. For the first 
time, SCIM has not been incorporated and cannot be used. The language 
packages come in a bundle called m17n, and m17n only works with IBUS 
now; it does not work with SCIM. Many who want to type in an Asian 
language are going to be in difficulty in 14.04. I think the Middle 
Eastern languages will also suffer the same fate. See problem described 
here 
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/165980/scim-input-method-not-working>. I 
have filed a bug 
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scim-m17n/+bug/1312517> for 
the matter, but it is not getting any attention.

*If anyone knows a solution for getting scim-m17n to work in 14.04, 
please put your solution on this thread. * The matter is urgent for 
those in need of typing non-European languages.

If you want to be able to type in your Indian language using scim-m17n, 
please express your support on the bug 
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scim-m17n/+bug/1312517>, that 
you want it fixed! Just create a login id, and click that you also are 
having a problem with it.

Many thanks,
Swarup
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