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Message #106476
[Bug 1430893] Re: [FFe] Install Fcitx for Chinese users
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
[FFe] Install Fcitx for Chinese users
Status in im-config package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
There are currently two main supported input method frameworks
available for CJK users: IBus (current default) and Fcitx. Both are
mature projects, but Fcitx is better suited to Chinese users than IBus
is, and is already the default in Ubuntu Kylin. IBus is increasingly
moving in the direction of removing features upstream like tracking
input state on a per-context basis. Also, the leading input method
provider in China with more than 300 million users, Sogou, only
supports Fcitx under Linux. Skinning support is non-existent in IBus.
We've added support for Fcitx on the same level as IBus in Unity, so
this FFe is a proposal to make Fcitx the default for Chinese locales
this cycle, as a transition towards making Fcitx the default for all
users next cycle. The changes should simply be seeding Fcitx and its
related packages on the CD image, as well as possible changes to im-
config. Those who have explicitly selected IBus as their chosen input
method should be unaffected; these changes will only affect new users,
and users who have never explicitly chosen an input method framework
in their language settings.
Also, this FFe propose to make language-selector to install more input
method packages for Chinese users to their Fcitx equivalents
(currently IBus) when adding/completing Chinese language support.
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