Re: japanese input trouble ;(

Gábor Farkas wrote:

> Ryan Pavlik wrote:
>
>>
>> Gábor Farkas wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i'm trying to write japanese text in abiword.
>>>
>>>
>>> did anyone succeed with this?
>>>
>>> i tried iiimf, scim and uim, but in all of them the text i write
>>> first is entered into an "external" editbox,and only when i commit
>>> it, gets into his correct place.
>>>
>>> ;(
>>>
>>> gabor
>>>
>> Not many of us (at least not myself) are terribly experienced with
>> writing Japanese. I was under the impression an input editor or
>> palette is used in some way when entereing Japanese text. Could you
>> let us know what platform (Windows, Mac, Linux GTK+, Linux GNOME) you
>> are using, and what version?
>>
>
> ok.
>
> short answer:
> i think my problem is this:
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5801
>
> long answer:
> linux, gnome, abiword-2.2.2.
>
> japanese input works like this:
>
> 1. you activate the "input method".
>
> 2. you enter what you want to write with phonetic symbols (called
> "kana"). that means you write as you would pronounce it.
> 3. then you press <space>, which brings up a listbox with possible
> written-forms of the text you entered.
> 4. you select one and press <enter>. (this "commit"s it to the
> underlying application. now the text is entered. and you continue to
> write , which means you go back to point#2 ;)
>
> 5. when finished, you deactivate the input method.
>
>
> the problem is that when doing #2, that text is not exactly "in" the
> underlying program. but most programs (gedit, openoffice) still manage
> to show it in the place where it should be at the end:
>
> http://img105.exs.cx/img105/9959/ooshot8if.png.
>
> so visually, you write the phonetic stuff, press space, select the
> form you like, press enter, and this phonetic text is "replaced" with
> the written-form.
>
>
> but in abiword, the phonetic text gets written to a separate "window":
>
> http://img105.exs.cx/img105/7325/abishot8lc.png
>
> and when you press space, select the written-form, and press enter,
> this "window" closes, and the written-form is enterd into abiword.
>
>
> the way openoffice does this is the "correct" form, but abiword is not
> able to handle that form yet.
>
> gabor
>
Please file those screen shots and your "long answer" in that bugzilla
entry. Thanks!

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Ryan Pavlik
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