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[William Hua <1430893@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: default fcitx ibus input methods

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Title:
  [FFe] Make Fcitx default for Chinese users

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

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.

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