Re: JOE editor has just added UTF-8 support

[Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Vasilis Vasaitis wrote:

> Programs that use the GTK+ library use GTK+'s own composition 
> mechanism by default, instead of the one supplied by X.

Thanks very much.. but why? Why two different methods?

> You can switch that temporarily for a text box, by right clicking on
> it and selecting Input Methods -> X Input Method. Or, you can switch
> it permanently for all applications, by setting GTM_IM_MODULE=xim
> among your environment variables.

Yes, this works (of course you meant GTK_IM_MODULE, not GTM_IM_MODULE !)
I can input ŏ in Mozilla now! Well, I don't need it on a daily basis,
but it is nice that it's there if I want it..

Regards, Jan




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