[Fedora-i18n-list] IIIMF inpinyin: Punctuations

[Ling Li]

Hi,

I didn't get the URL for testing guide (the archived email of "Testers 
Required for Next Generation Input Method" doesn't have it) so I might 
have done something really naive.

I installed iiimf-server, gtk2, le-inpinyin and packages they required. 
Launch gedit, click to select the "IIIMF" input method. A small box with 
English appears around the bottom of the gedit window. Ctrl-Space 
switches to the Pinyin input. So far so good.

I succeeded in typing some Chinese with this input method. The immediate 
awkward thing I found is the input of punctuations. Typing <space> (or 
any punctuation keys, I guess) without letters (i.e., no pinyin typed) 
put me into an unknown position: Only backspace can get me out. I tried 
to use <Escape>, number keys, but the situation just got more wierd.

It seems that more than two input engines for one locale can be 
installed. For example, le-inpinyin & le-newpy can be installed together 
for simplified Chinese. But I don't know how to pick one of them for gedit.

--Ling

[Lawrence Lim]

Hi Ling,
It is possible to have more than one LE installed for a single locale. 
However, at present, there is a bug. It is not possible at present for 
user to select the LE desired if more than one for the same locale exist.

Going back to the problem you encountered, I suspect you could be using 
the newpy when those situation occured. May I suggest that you manually 
remove  newpy LE by doing "rm /usr/lib/im/leif/newpy.so" and try again 
so we are sure that it is inpinyin that is causing and we will fill a 
bug against it.


Thanks,
Lawrence

Ling Li wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  I didn't get the URL for testing guide (the archived email of "Testers 
>  Required for Next Generation Input Method" doesn't have it) so I might 
>  have done something really naive.
>
>  I installed iiimf-server, gtk2, le-inpinyin and packages they 
>  required. Launch gedit, click to select the "IIIMF" input method. A 
>  small box with English appears around the bottom of the gedit window. 
>  Ctrl-Space switches to the Pinyin input. So far so good.
>
>  I succeeded in typing some Chinese with this input method. The 
>  immediate awkward thing I found is the input of punctuations. Typing 
>  <space> (or any punctuation keys, I guess) without letters (i.e., no 
>  pinyin typed) put me into an unknown position: Only backspace can get 
>  me out. I tried to use <Escape>, number keys, but the situation just 
>  got more wierd.
>
>  It seems that more than two input engines for one locale can be 
>  installed. For example, le-inpinyin & le-newpy can be installed 
>  together for simplified Chinese. But I don't know how to pick one of 
>  them for gedit.
>
>  --Ling
>
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[Ling Li]

Hi Lawrence,

Thanks for the clarification. I've removed the newpy package so inpinyin 
is the only LE. The situation is the same. Please do make a bug report 
against the punctuation stuff.

I will follow the more formalized test steps in your guide later when I 
have time.

Thank you for all your hard work!
--Ling

Lawrence Lim wrote:
>  Hi Ling,
>  It is possible to have more than one LE installed for a single locale. 
>  However, at present, there is a bug. It is not possible at present for 
>  user to select the LE desired if more than one for the same locale exist.
>  
>  Going back to the problem you encountered, I suspect you could be using 
>  the newpy when those situation occured. May I suggest that you manually 
>  remove  newpy LE by doing "rm /usr/lib/im/leif/newpy.so" and try again 
>  so we are sure that it is inpinyin that is causing and we will fill a 
>  bug against it.
>