Bug#355849: ITP: gcin -- a input method platform, supports GTK/QT immodule and XIM

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:22:57PM +0800, Tetralet <tetralet@luna.com.tw> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Tetralet <tetralet@luna.com.tw>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : gcin
>   Version         : 1.1.7
>   Upstream Author : Edward Liu <cp76@csie.nctu.edu.tw>
> * URL             : http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~cp76/gcin/
> * License         : LGPL
>   Description     : a input method platform, supports GTK/QT immodule and XIM
> 
> (Include the long description here.)
> 
>  Gcin is a input method platform, which supports GTK/QT immodule and XIM.
>  Gcin is focused mainly on Traditional Chinese. However, it is also very useful
>  for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages.
>  
>  Input method table format of gcin is almost as same as those of xcin and scim.
>  
>  This package contains GTK immodules. If you want to use QT immodule, please
>  install gcin-qt3-immodule package.

What is the advantage over uim or scim ? Do we really need yet another
input method ?

Mike