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

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 05:09:11PM +0800, Kanru Chen wrote:
> 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

I think you need to mention "Chinese" here.  May I suggest:

Description     : The intelligent ZhuYin Chinese 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.

As I understand, this use ZhuYin as its base. The phonetic method used
in Taiwan.  (I understand PinYin is used in Mainland (PRC).)

These facts need to be mentioned.  Otherwise, it is difficult for me to
understand what it does.

> [-] 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)
> 
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