[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 435880] [si_LK] [th_TH] ibus-gtk requires surrounding-text support for editing complex text

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--- Comment #59 from ntakahas at m17n.org 2010-08-24 03:06:46 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #58)
> In CJK, Once you committed a string on computer, modifying the string would
> mean to erase some chars with BS and type a new word.
> In CJK, Once you write a string on paper, modifying the string would mean to
> erase some chars with an eraser and type a new word.
> They are same behavior between computer and paper in CJK. I would guess it's
> also true in Indic.
> Why do you need the different behavior using surrounding on computer in Indic?

Because Sinhala users requested that.  So did Tamil users.

> Or I would think a reconvert feature with preedit to satisfy that usage.

Would you elaborate on that point?

> Hmm.., I would expect the input way is same between preedit(or something) and
> surrounding in this case.

Exactly.

> > I think some came up earlier: avoiding illegal text sequences from
> > partial deletion of text, consistency of BS and input behaviour and
> > avoiding the need for preedit, I think.

> Yes, I also would think those cases however my question means why that usages
> are important?

Only Sinhala users can answer that question.  Unfortunately, I am not.

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