[Bug 171901] New: Can't use an input method

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 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171901
 conglomerate | Code | Ver: 0.9.0

           Summary: Can't use an input method
           Product: conglomerate
           Version: 0.9.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Code
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected]


Distribution/Version: Debian


I'm running SCIM, and I can't find a way ot use it in conglomerate in
a useful way.  Say I want to type an À.  Because of bug #210490, I
have to use an input method instead of just using Compose.  (For other
characters, for instance Japanese, there's no way to input text
without an input method anyway).

So I switch to, say, the M17N-t-latn-pre method, then proceed to type
my À: first `, then A.  Problem is: after I typed the `, nothing
appears in the Conglomerate window.  The À appears when I finish
typing it, though.

If I started Conglomerate from a terminal, I get the following
messages on the term:

** Message: preedit_changed_cb: preedit string is: "`",cursor pos=1
** Message: preedit_changed_cb: preedit string is: "`",cursor pos=1
** Message: preedit_changed_cb: preedit string is: "",cursor pos=0
** Message: commit_cb: "À"

Now this bug is relatively minor for this particular character (which
I only provide as a test case), but it effectively prevents typing
Japanese (and probably other languages too).  All the Japanese input
methods I've seen are phrase-based: you need to first type the
transliteration of your phrase (which gets displayed in hiragana, the
Japanese phonetic alphabet), then pick the actual kanji phrase from a
dictionary of known phrases with matching transliteration.  The phrase
can be rather long, and it's going to be a big pain if you can't see
what you type.

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