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

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
That affect some of our clients so i clicked the "affects me too".  I
haven't actually tried it but i have seen you put tons of research into
much less so i trust you when you say it doesn't work.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 1 May 2014 12:55, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:

>  Appeal:
>
> 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.
>
> Thosel who want to type in non-European languages, 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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