[indiana-discuss] Input Manager gone awry

[Fuyuki Hasegawa - Sun Microsystems]

Sebastien Roy wrote:
> Strangely, if I disable the switcher altogether, I can't use the compose
> key on my keyboard at all to compose special characters even though I'm
> in a UTF-8 locale that supports them in its default character set.  I
> can't tell if this is a bug, or another interesting "feature".

If you need compose input, you also need to change GTK application's
IM default to "xim" from "iiim". You can change it by commenting out
two iiim lines from /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk-immodules.

However, my recommendation for your case is to configure as follows
in iiim-properties.

General tab:
    [X] Enable Input Method  ---> iiim is used
    Method status and switcher placement: None
Trigger Keys tab:
    remove Ctrl+space

> In any case, your suggestion is in-line with the suggestion I made in
> 6612087, but slightly different.  I suggested not having a hotkey for
> "latin mode" by default.  People who need to switch often between these
> modes can create a hotkey for it in the input switcher preferences.

IM team will discuss this issue internally first and then ask opinions
to wider audience. Disabling ctrl+space by default for English locales
is one of possible options.

Thanks,
Fuyuki