Bug#988540: im-config: breaks the keyboard configuration
Hi,
After reading your message, I have revised text around
https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#Input_method_and_XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
> To: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
> Cc: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@debian.org>, 988540@bugs.debian.org, brian m.
> carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> Subject: Re: Bug#988540: im-config: breaks the keyboard configuration
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 00:54:45 +0200
>
> On 2022-05-23 06:23:58 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > Anyway, XIM is dead end for some foreseeable future. My conclusion is "don't use
> > XIM" as backend of ibus. https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#Input_method_and_XIM
>
> So, if I understand correctly, users may no longer be able to use xterm
> when ibus is installed.
Users may no longer be able to use xterm **reliably for some non-ASCII inputs** when
ibus is **activated**.
> After some search, I've found
>
> https://vas.neocities.org/custom_keyboard_layout_xkb_ibus.html
>
> "This guide will help you create a custom keyboard layout in xkb and
> configure ibus to play along nicely."
>
> But this is very unclear (and perhaps wrong for other users).
>
That's an extreme customization. There are many ways to get to the goal.
For most people, ibus supports XKB functionality defined by xkb-options with ibus's
internal mechanism. As long as you use gnome-terminal etc. (not for xterm nor rxvt)
to get keyboard input, ibus supports xkb-options based substitution smoothly.
I hope my updates
around https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#Multi-language_keyboard_configuration_strategy
make it clear.
Regards,
Osamu
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