Bug#285280: ITP: libchewing -- libchewing - The intelligent phonetic input method library

[Kanru Chen <kanru.96@stu.csie.ncnu.edu.tw>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : libchewing
  Version         : 0.2.4
  Upstream Author : Jim Huang <jserv@kaffe.org>
* URL             : http://chewing.csie.net/
* License         : LGPL
  Description     : libchewing - The intelligent phonetic input method library
  SVN repository  : https://svn.csie.net/chewing/libchewing

libchewing - The intelligent phonetic input method library

[-] History

libchewing is derived from Chewing input method, a xcin module
focusing on intelligent phonetic processing by lckung and 
kpchen. However, the original authors of Chewing dropped its
development, and Chewing is highly bonded with xcin, which
prevents from wider applications.

[-] Motion

Jim Huang started to separate core algorithm and logic layer
of Chewing since 2002, and he integrated his efforts into a
Chinese terminal named JMCCE as a part of its input method
modules. Also, he attempts to let more applications adapt
his efforts, so that he created libchewing with writing some
bridges among JMCCE, XCIN, SCIM and iiimf-chewing, etc.

[-] Status

1. bridge integration
a) works with xcin
b) works with JMCCE
c) works with SCIM-chewing
d) works with IIIMF-chewing
e) starts screen-chewing (Chewing IM for GNU screen)
f) starts ime-chewing (Chewing MS-Windows IME)

2. support phonetic keyboard layout
a) Hsu
b) IBM
c) Gin-Yieh
d) Eten
e) Eten 26 keys
f) Dvorak
g) Dvorak Hsu


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-earth
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to zh_TW.UTF-8)