Re: Unicode IM (was Yudit and XIM)

[Gaspar Sinai <gsinai@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,
I looked at Language Engine Interface Specification 1.2.
What I like most is the Locale Independent design and
freedom (no X11). This will be definitelly in my TODO list.

Are there any movements (working ones) that walk away  from
X11, build a totally different, window-independent collection
of libraries? The reason I am thinking about it is because
I think X11 is a bit outdated and it should be re-designed.
What I mean by window independency is separating stuff that
need windows (rendering) from things that don't
(input methods).

That library could include IIIM library and in addition,
a new gui library that supports splines, sub-pixels
transparency. It should  also have an X11 compatibility layer
in a library on top, to support existing apps.

Still I think, X11 is many times cleaner than Win32api, and
the only thing that is easier is - as you said - input method.
Still not hmm..., perfect :) See below:

My Best-3 Win32 docs (Supposed to be year-end geek-humour, no harm meant)
========================================================================

#1 Why do we need an os? Do everything yourself: ClipBoard
search deja with: ChangeClipboardChain SetClipboardViewer "MS DOCS"
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ChangeClipboardChain+SetClipboardViewer+%22MS+DOCS%22&hl=en

#2 Why do we need so many arguments for functions? : Registry
search deja with: RegCreateKeyEx "parameter undocumented"
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=RegCreateKeyEx+%22parameter+undocumented%22&hl=en

#3 Why i am always mistaken?: IME
search deja with: WM_IME_COMPOSITION Problem Solved
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=WM_IME_COMPOSITION+Problem+Solved&hl=en

Now probably this document will also appear in the search :)

Cheers
gaspar


On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jungshik Shin wrote:

>    Have you taken a look at IIIM(Internet/Intranet Input Method) and IIIMF
> (IIIM Framework)? Details are available at
> <http://www.li18nux.org/subgroups/im>.  One of points in developing IIIM(P|F)
> seems to be to overcome deficiencies of XIM protocol.
>
>   It would be very nice to see this
> fully supported by many  X11 programs asap so that I won't have to admit
> that *multilingual* text input support in MS-Window 2k/XP is much better
> than in Unix/X11  (yeah, IIIMF is not only for Unix/X11, but....)
>
>   Jungshik Shin
>


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