[indiana-discuss] Input Manager gone awry

[Shawn Walker]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM, W. Wayne Liauh <wp at hawaiilinux.us> wrote:
> > >  As far as I can remember, Ctrl-space has been the
>  > "universal" default for activating IM.  Unless we are
>  > Microsoft, I doubt we could unilaterally change this.
>  >  :-)
>  > Even if it is, I have never had this issue in
>  > Windows. So I suspect
>  > something could be made better here.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Shawn Walker
>  >
>
>  IM is automatically activated if you choose a unicode locale (as in most mainstream Linux distros).  Perhaps we could change this, but make it very easy to be activated?
>
>  Before any change is made, make sure we consult someone who doesn't use an English keyboard as a daily routine.

Regardless of non-English keyboard users, it shouldn't be easy to
accidentally activate by English keyboard users.


-- 
Shawn Walker

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben