[openi18n-im:01214] Re: Feature discussion heat starting from..

Thanks for the description! Are there any specific features that already
planned for 12.2 and already got a feature owner, or any that need to be
tagged as delayed or looking for owner?

Cheers,
Leon

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 00:30 -0800, Hideki Hiura wrote:
> > From: Leon Ho <[email protected]>
> > - common GUI framework
> >   (Any specific feature you have in mind?)
> 
> This is to be a fallback default AUX, which is for the LEs do not wish
> to write their own AUX but wish to do something more than ordinary
> preedit/status/lookup operation.  The specific feature we have in mind
> is reasonable flexibility and being platform agnostic.
> 
> > - keyboard mapper
> >   (Is it more on GUI based keyboard layout mapper, or it is more about
> > keyboard layout?)
> 
> Since IIIMF inherited Java model of keyboard handling, which is
> inherited from Windows NT ;-O), the phisical layout of keyboard
> affects to the interpretation of keycode and modifiers when 
> keychar is missing.
> 
> There won't be any problem on the toolkits etc which convert 
> from XKeysym to IIIMF keycode + modifer, as they are already
> definitive, but on other platforms, mapping is not definitive.
> This is basically, a multi-platform feature.
> 
> > - m17nlib support
> 
> It's the joint openi18n.org project, and Ken'ichi has added specific
> features needed for IIIMF, and it's a great library, it's a shame
> we don't adapt yet. :-P
> 
> Seriously, there are two aspects; 
> 1) One use it as LE.
> 2) replace IIIMText handling code with MText of them.
> 
> Hideki