SCIM japanese users

[Xurxo F.]

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 12:06 -0400, DigitalPig wrote:
> "Xurxo F." <xurxo13 at terra.es> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Since I upgraded to 8.04 RC I noticed SCIM working weird. Suddently the
> > keyboard quits responding and I have to switch to another window then
> > come back. It happens a lot on eclipse but I noticed it in pidgin and
> > firefox too. I also realized that after upgrading default input method
> > (入力メソッド) was set to simple. After using im-switch -s scim now it's
> > set on system instead of SCIM.
> > Did anyone else noticed something like that? I'm running 8.04RC updated
> > from 7.10 and 7.04 before that and japanese as default language.
> 
> I had the same problem by using SCIM Chinese Input method under 7.10. I
> think it is because SCIM uses the GTKIm module instead of the Xim
> module. GTKIm still has some bugs inside. So SCIM occasionally lost its
> response. I tried another input method based on XIM. And everything
> works fine.
> -- 
Which input method are you using? I found out that if I uninstall SCIM I
can still change the input method but I get an annoying bar on the
right-down corner (sort of like windows global IME). With SCIM I could
keep it on the notification bar.