Spec URL: http://people.redhat.com/tagoh/im-chooser/im-chooser.spec SRPM URL: http://people.redhat.com/tagoh/im-chooser/im-chooser-0.1.0-1.src.rpm Description: im-chooser is a GUI configuration tool for Input Method that easily choose what you would use for your desktop.
SRPM URL: http://people.redhat.com/tagoh/im-chooser/im-chooser-0.1.1-1.src.rpm Please use this one instead - actually no changes in spec file, but in upstream tarball.
Don't we only ship SCIM?
Yes, but this is still helpful for people who don't want to use IM and we are trying to enable IM by default. ideally adding IM configuration page into firstboot too would be great, though.
I don't get it. If we only have one IM, what's to configure? If it's so obtrusive that it would need to be turned off (aside from just not installing it), it needs to be fixed.
Ok, that makes sense. I'll put this into Extras then.
Hi Bill, let me try to justify this before creating a request solely to RHEL release. There are user preferences where user would like to install language packs in anaconda for reading web pages, but not input the native scripts. Especially for now even en_US users will load SCIM if they have installed SCIM packages. There should be a quick way for user in GUI to disable/enable IM temporary - having the user to disable SCIM by uninstalling them by rpm command is probably low in usability. We consider this tool just like an config tool for user to config their keyboard (enable/disable their native key maps), or enabling/disabling samba service. All those actions do not require uninstalling the packages should they want to disable the function, instead we have a good user interface for them to disable temporary. In this sense, we should have similar GUI tool for Input Method. In the long term wise, we want to standardize this IM configuration and merged it into Keyboard properties.
How is it obtrusive if it's installed but not generally used - where are users going to bump into it?
It will be mainly on the trayicon on the panel, and also the trigger key for toggle the input method. As those lead to more a preference of usage so it is solely providing a preference for user to enable/disable the service without uninstall the package from the command line.
So, it's .... removing something from the autostart folder on the desktop? Something else?
Note that this is comparable to how you enable IM on Windows or Mac. If you are logged into an English desktop, you find IM options in desktop preferences somewhere and enable it. Then from then on IM is visible from your systray and active within desktop applications. We definitely need something comparable to this in our base distribution.
notting: SCIM autoloads with the initial use of gtk im module, so it is to control the xinput behavior.
OK, has my ACK. Some comments: 'Use legacy' or 'use custom' should probably only be available if there are legacy/custom IMs installed. If you select 'Always use' with no SCIM installed, you get a dangling symlink.
yes, I'm aware of those issues and in my todo list actually FWIW.
1) "Always use input methods" and "Use custom input method" is redundant and confusing. It is unclear what the difference is between "Always" and selecting the first option of custom. Why not eliminate "Always" and make the pulldown menu the top option? 2) Wouldn't it be best to hide "scim-qtimm" and "scim-bridge" because they are not stand-alone, but rather additions to the environment set by "scim"?
BTW im-chooser has been approved for Extras now and new one is available on it. "Always use input methods" option has been gone and it is now "Follow the system-wide configuration" instead of. I still think that eliminating this option isn't a good idea. technically "custom" makes a symlink to something directly. it may be not good in some cases. about 2), yes, Jens and I discussed about it to add the kind of tag in xinput script to let im-chooser understand to hide from the option menu. any comments about im-chooser are welcome. please try the latest version.
For new one, Spec URL: http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/im-chooser/devel/im-chooser.spec?root=extras&rev=1.2&view=auto SRPM URL: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/SRPMS/im-chooser-0.2.2-1.fc6.src.rpm Jesse, can you review the package to import this into Core?
Given it passed Extras review just shortly ago, approving for Core from a package quality standpoint. Adding with tagoh as owner. You'll need to coordinate having it removed from Extras. How should this be in Comps?
Well, ideally it should be installed by default regardless scim is installed or not, to allow all people to setup their preference. Warren and I talked about it a bit though, if someone enables IM on im-chooser without SCIM installed say, getting the package through pirut say and installing them sounds good idea to me. So I would push this to install by default for that purpose too.
Added to Gnome and KDE desktop groups as a default.
This has been built into rawhide.
BTW there is no component for im-chooser in bugzilla (I mean for Fedora Core). can you add it?