[Fedora-i18n-list] Re: Testers Required for Next Generation Input Method

[Lawrence Lim]

Many thanks to all of you who have participated in our first round of 
IIIMF package testing. Your time and effort is much appreciated.

A mirror of the iiimf packages with apt/yum repositories is now 
available: please visit http://iiimf.fedora.us/ and follow the 
instructions there for further information.

Mirrors:
    1) http://iiimf.fedora.us/1   (fedora core 1)
    2) http://iiimf.fedora.us/1.90 (fedora core 2 test 1)
   
Newer packages are also available in Fedora Core Devel (aka Rawhide).


Thanks,
Fedora I18N Team

Lawrence Lim wrote:

>  The Fedora Project will be adopting a revolutionary new Input Method
>
>  system in the upcoming release of the Fedora Core 2. We would like to
>  extend an invitation at this time to East Asian users in particular to 
>  test this preliminary release and provide us with feedback so we can
>  improve the software and ensure that the Input Methods will be easier, 
>  more efficient and pleasant to use.
>
>  Intranet/Internet Input Method Framework (IIIMF) is the next 
>  generation Input Method Framework set to replace the legacy X Window 
>  System Input Method (XIM) used by existing Input Methods such as 
>  chinput, xcin, kinput2, ami and many others. As the technology is 
>  still at its infancy,
>  wider testing effort by community is needed to expediate the maturity 
>  of the technology.
>
>  IIIMF server loads Language Engines (LE) dynamically at runtime as 
>  requested by clients. In this first round of testing, four LEs are
>  available:
>      + iiimf-le-inpinyin for Simplified Chinese (zh_CN.UTF-8)
>      + iiimf-le-xcin for Traditional Chinese (zh_TW.UTF-8)
>      + iiimf-le-canna for Japanese (ja_JP.UTF-8)
>      + iiimf-le-hangul for Korean (ko_KR.UTF-8)
>
>  If you wish to participate in this first round of testing, a Testing 
>  Guide is now available at 
>  http://apac.redhat.com/iiimftest/testing-guide/. It will give you the 
>  necessary information to set up IIIMF and to use the LE specific to 
>  your locale. Please note that this round of testing will end on 
>  Sunday, 29 Feb 2004.
>
>  Getting the software:
>  Download IIIMF Packages from http://apac.redhat.com/iiimftest/files
>
>  How to test it:
>  Please read http://apac.redhat.com/iiimftest/testing-guide for details 
>  on using and testing IIIMF. 

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>  Fedora I18N Team
>
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