https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119967
--- Comment #19 from Yohei Yukawa yukawa@google.com --- (In reply to Takehiko Abe from comment #14)
OK. Please follow the following steps to reproduce the issue.
- Make sure Mozc is only the selected input source, like the attached the
screenshot. 2. Log out 3. Log in again. 4. Open any application where you can type something. 5. Hit any key.
Expected behavior (for people like the reporter of Mozc Issue 201): At step 5, when you hit 'I' key, 'i' is input instead of 'い'
err. What if he wants to type 'い' instead of 'i'?
If he wants so, he should modify the unix/ibus/property_handler.cc, as commented in Comment #1, or put add more step like: Step 6. hit his preferred hotkey to switch to Hiragana input mode and type 'i' again if he wants to type 'い' instead of 'i'.
Actual behavior (in ibus-mozc-1.13.1651.102-1.fc20 and prior) At step 5, when you hit 'I' key, 'い' is input instead of 'i'
Step 6. hit his preferred hotkey to switch to direct input mode and type 'i' again.
I see nothing to be fixed here.
It is pretty common to realize you are in a wrong mode after you typed a few chars and have to start over.
Yes it is pretty common annoyance, but some people tend to get super frustrated if it *always* and *predictably* happens every time when they log-in, especially for those who always launch terminal or their favorite editor immediately after log-in. On the other hand, I know there are some people who wish exactly the opposite. I got such feature requests at least 3 times when I was mainly working on Google Japanese Input for Windows. https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/ime-ja/1a0cvu4nQA4/M9l5pDyMWQ8J https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/ime-ja/eEOUmKKKmDU/ImiSrccx6qMJ https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/ime-ja/NSKNGHme-6g/1OMTp83h5r4J
And probably some people feel that the previous mode should be remembered. like Mac OS X, right?
Well, I feel these 3 options are equally reasonable, and equally unreasonable for those who have different preference. It is quite understandable that ibus-kkc and ibus-anthy enable users to choose the initial input mode in their setting dialogs. This is why I suggested you to switch to ibus-kkc in Comment #4.
As for Mozc / Google Japanese Input, I think the same feature should be supported, but nowadays I don't have enough time to do it, because I changed my main project last January thus I'm no longer working on Mozc as a full time developer. I'm now contributing to Mozc / Google Japanese Input project just as one volunteer. This is why I didn't close Issue 201 as Fixed but keep it Open as VolunteersNeeded.