Re: [tlug] CJK Input Methods

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> > The approach I am thinking is to understand how Linux input works and create a simple IME ...
>
> I've used, attempted to use, and eventually gave up trying to use,
> Japanese input methods in Linux over the last 30 years or so. 

I'm still not clear on what the problem is that Yasuaki is trying to fix.

IMEs are now easy enough to install, at least on Ubuntu and derivatives, 
following the instructions I've posted a couple of times.

And they work well in all apps that I know of. I wondered if it is 
because I mainly use webapps in browsers and electron apps (vscode, 
slack, etc), but I just tested in the terminal, and using vi, and again 
it still works fine (including being able to switch between ascii, 
Japanese, pinyin and Russian). I also tested creating Japanese filenames 
over ssh.

There was a tangible improvement moving to fcitx5, particularly with 
Chrome/Electron apps.

Also I was using unicode lookup for ² and ³ for a long time, until I 
discovered the AltGr+2 and 3 key combinations work for that (again, out 
of the box in recent Ubuntu and friends - I don't think it used to, 
though?).

Darren