#26: proposal: move to using IMEs for ASCII/Latin input

[Fedora Internationalization]

#26: proposal: move to using IMEs for ASCII/Latin input
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  Reporter:  petersen  |     Owner:  i18n@…
      Type:  meeting   |    Status:  new
  Priority:  major     |  Keywords:
Blocked By:            |  Blocking:
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 = phenomenon =
 Currently in Fedora for languages with non-Latin scripts
 we normally switch between a xkb layout as an input source
 for inputting Latin/ASCII characters and an IME for
 inputting native characters.

 ibus-kkc and ibus-libpinyin both have Latin ("English") input methods.
 I think it is more natural for primary users of these IMEs
 to use them by default for Latin character input.  So I want to
 suggest that for F21 we could default Japanese input to use only the kkc
 IME
 and Chinese to libpinyin IME, ie no additional keyboard layout source
 would be needed.  Multilingual users might still need an additional
 keyboard layout input source and that is still fine.  Other IMEs
 might also be extended to support Latin input modes in the future:
 initially we could do it for those default IMEs that support it.

 For example I am already using ibus-kkc for both Latin and Japanese input
 and it works well - I toggle easily between direct and ja input.

 Perhaps the only change needed for the current IMEs with Latin mode
 might be input mode state caching, ie using the same mode as last time.

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