Re: not to use Compose files (was: RE: Mode_switch woes)

On Thu, 13 May 2004 11:26:45 +0200
"Kent Karlsson" <[email protected]> wrote:

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> > Although, since compose sequences don't work very well 
> > together with more
> > complex input methods, maybe Compose files could be retired, and
> > usage such as the one I like implemented entirely with the complex
> > input method. Is that what you have in mind?
> 
> I agree. And keyboard layout selection should be tied together with
> IME selection. E.g. choosing a Japanese keyboard should also select
> a Japanse IME (or the other way around, not sure which is best; they
> should not be selected separately though, since they will be designed
> for eachother).

Sometimes this is not a good idea.

For instance, I have a Brazilian keyboard, but sometimes I need to write
in Japanese. 
If the language is fixed to the layout, I could have problems to write
in Japanese (or I would need an extra Japanese keyboard...).

I have the Japanese version of Windows98 here, and I need a really dirty
hack to use my Brazilian keyboard, exactly because I cannot mix the
layout and the language.

Yes, I agree that this can be a very rare case, but... 


> Being able to easily extend the IME capability to new
> "words" (or similar) would probably be useful. E.g. turning SUM into
> the summation symbol might not be a standard part of an IME, 
> but if you often write math formulas (with the summation symbol),
> you may want that from the keyboard+IME. 

This is nice.

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