[tlug] inline conversion with various terminals

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

Today, on the ArchLinux mailing list, someone mentioned that the XFCE
Terminal does conversion inline.  I've always considered inline to be
about a line below the line I'm working on.  For example, if (using
scim-anthy, which was the conversion method the poster uses) I hit
ctl+space a box opens up just below the line of text I'm typing.  (I
remember a few years ago, talking about, on some Debian multi-language
terminals, a box would open below the terminal's window.

However, with the XFCE terminal, you don't even get that box below what
you're typing, the conversion is done on the line that you're using.  

I'm wondering what's special about XFCE to make it do that. (I haven't
tried this on any other distribution or BSD save Arch, so don't know if
it's distro specific or not.) In FreeBSD, my various terminals that do
Japanese open the line below the line that I'm typing. 

I realize this is a vague question--what I'm wondering is if there's
something within the range of my moderate skills, that I could do to
make other terminals, specifically mlterm, which is the one I usually
use, do that.  

Thanks for any errm, input.  :)

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