Re: Patched ibus version
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 2:28 AM Eberhard Beilharz <eb1@sil.org> wrote:
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> Keyman requires a patched version of ibus to function properly in all cases. The unpatched ibus version doesn't always output characters in the correct sequence if the ibus engine uses backspace to delete a character. This is the case with apps that don't support surrounding text, like Chromium, and for engines that can't use pre-edits, like Keyman.
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> This bug is documented in ibus bug #2539 and a suggested fix is in PR #2440. However, the upstream maintainer won't accept the fix because he doesn't see the need for it nor does he have a different solution (other than suggesting to rewrite Keyman and use pre-edits, which is not possible for the languages that Keyman supports).
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> Would it be possible to include the patch in the Debian package? In that case I'd create a Debian issue and attach the patch.
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> Otherwise I would create a new package that is compatible with ibus but contains the fix.
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> Ibus issue: https://github.com/ibus/ibus/issues/2539
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IMO it's too early to ask downstream to decide the choice. The last
comment from upstream is 2 weeks ago and no further response from you.
Could you be more patient with upstream to elaborate your problem?
> Ibus PR: https://github.com/ibus/ibus/pull/2440
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> Keyman: https://keyman.com
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> Keyman source code: https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman
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Shengjing Zhu
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