[manjaro-dev] [Manjaro Linux Support] Chinese input methods don't work with gnome out of the box

[Philip Müller]

Hi David,

we will look into it ...

@team: some thoughts?

Am 21.01.2014 15:58, schrieb David Marceau:
> From: David Marceau <uticdmarceau2007 at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Chinese input methods don't work with gnome out of the box
>
> Message Body:
> Good morning,
>
> I would have been ideal to have the manjaro gnome live distro come with an input method engine installed and ready to go by default.
> In that manner I can use pinyin, hangul-romaja, japanese romaji(katakana/hiragana) as input methods.
> I wouldn't have cared which one was enabled by default(ibus, scim, uim) as it was running and working out of the box.
>
> I did not succeed to install/configure pinyin from the live.
> I did not succeed to install/configure pinyin after installing manjaro on the hard-drive.
>
> There is very little documentation around for gnome/pinyin/manjaro. ibus + gnome didn't work for me when trying to use pinyin.
> I have used scim, uim, and ibus in the past on ubuntu/debian.  Those distros seemed to have settled on ibus for input methods and that's the one I tried to use in manjaro.
>
> Did I chose the wrong user interface(gnome)?  Do you have another UI that has stronger input method support coming out of the box?
> What user interface does manjaro prefer and why?
>
> As it stands, I am hesitant to install/recommend manjaro because of my input method requirement.
> I would be ready to give it another try if there were more documentation for this problem or another version that works out of the box solving this issue.
>
> Thanks for listening.  I wish Manjaro great success.
>
> Sincerely,
> David Marceau
>
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