[tlug] Re: Correction: Re: epcEditor

[Mike Fabian <mfabian@example.com>]

Jim Breen <jwb@example.com> writes:

> A correction below:
>
> [Jim Breen (Re: [tlug] Re: epcEditor) writes:]
>>> OK, how do I do Japanese input in Tcl/Tk. Here is a little test program:
>>> 
>>> 	tk useinputmethods 1
>>> 	set ntext " 日本語 (にほんご)"
>>> 	
>>> 	label .jpl -text $ntext
>>> 	button .jp -text $ntext
>>> 	entry .jpe -textvariable ntext
>>> 	entry .jpx -textvariable text
>>> 	
>>> 	pack .jpl .jp .jpe .jpx
>>> 
>>> I have cannaserver running, and kinput2 running with the "-xim" option.
>>> 
>>> I lunch a fresh kterm with the "-xim" option and with XMODIFIERS set to
>>> "@example.com=kinput2". I set LC_CTYPE to ja_JP.
>>> 
>>> I launch wish with that tcl script. A box with the four lines 
>>> correctly displaying the Japanese appears.
>>> 
>>> How to I type Japanese into the text box? The usual Ctrl-space or
>                                                        XXXXXXXXXX
>>> Ctrl-\ sequences do nothing. I can't even paste into it.
>
> I meant "Shift-space".
>
> According to http://www.suse.de/~mfabian/suse-cjk/kinput2.html the
> app-defaults file is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Kinput2 and it
> says:
>
> *XimpProtocol.ForceDefaultServer: true
> ! X Input Method Protocol
> *IMProtocol.locales: ja_JP.SJIS, ja_JP.EUC, ja_JP, japanese, japan, ja
> ! common to XimpProtocol and IMProtocol
> *defaultFontList: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-c-*
> *ConversionStartKeys: Shift<Key>space

This works for me in SuSE Linux 8.0-beta. See the screen shot at

    http://www.suse.de/~mfabian/screenshots/jim-breen-xim.png

As you can see, this uses root window input style, i.e. when typing
Shift-Space, an 'Kana-Kanji Conversion' window pops up where you can
type Japanese. Each time you confirm a kana->kanji conversion with
'Return' the result appears in the tk-widget. Typing Shift-Space again
closes the 'Kana-Kanji Conversion' window again.

Until very recently, XIM didn't work at all in the upstream version of
tcl/Tk 8.3.4.

Keiichi Takahashi <bitwalk@example.com>, Reinhard Max <max@example.com>,
Jeffrey Hobbs <jeff@example.com> and me fixed this recently in the
upstream tcl/Tk sources. Only a small fix was necessary to make it
work with 'root window' style input.  This is a bit ugly, but usable
and better than nothing. To support the more convenient 'OverTheSpot'
or 'OnTheSpot' input styles, more work is necessary.

-- 
Mike Fabian   <mfabian@example.com>   http://www.suse.de/~mfabian
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