Bug#587258: ITP: im-config -- Input method configuration framework

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>


* Package name    : im-config
  Version         : 0.1
  Upstream Author : Osami Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
* URL             : http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/im-config.git
* License         : GPL-2+
  Programming Lang: POSIX shell
  Description     : Input method configuration framework
 im-config package provides the framework to configure and to switch
 the input method on X Window System. This input method is the essential
 mechanism for Japanese, Chinese and Korean (CJK) languages to enter
 their non-ASCII native characters.
 .
 Many modern input methods such as IBus support not only one of these CJK
 languages but support almost all languages simultaneously by
 dynamically switching keyboard modes with GUI helper program.
 .
 By installing this package, the most desirable input method and its
 backend conversion engine are automatically configured with both the X
 Window System Input Method (XIM), GTK input method module and Qt input
 method module.
 .
 You can further customize your input method with 'im-config' command.

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This package is intended to replace im-switch which I maintain.  All Chinese,
Japanese , Korean, ... Input Methods tends to rely on im-switch for their easy
configuration. 

im-switch uses update-alternatives in very complicated way which makes quite
difficult to understand.  This package solves it.

(Actually, I added GUI to im-switch, so it became easier ... but this s
maintenance night mare.  This im-config solves it with easy code with GUI.)

Osamu