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[srintuar26 <srintuar26@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > For the moment, im-ja seems to be a primarily a convenient way
> > to get Japanese input into a running gtk2 application without
> > logging into a full Japanese locale, or using the command
> > line to manually launch XIM servers, set variables, etc.
> 
> However, GTK+2 input method has a problem that it depends on GTK+2,
> a relatively heavy toolkit.  For example, can I hope Xterm to support
> GTK+2 input methods?
> 
> There are many softwares which advertise themselves as "lightweight".
> Is the availability of such softwares a priviledge of European-language
> speaking people?
> 
> The advantage of XIM is that it is supported by X11R6 itself and
> doesn't need any additional libraries, thus it fits for lightweight
> softwares.

gnome-terminal and multi-gnome-terminal are fairly lightweight.
Also, the user interface used to configure, interact with, and 
use the input method has to use some toolkit. I'd say gtk2 is
as good a choice as another.

As for emacs, the mule method has a long history, so I'm not sure
that emacs users would be interested in a new input method. Also,
the gtk2 input method likely would not work over a console-only
connection, but neither would a XIM input method,...



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