| Feature subcategory |
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Is part of::Category:Localization
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| Requesters |
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{{#arraymap:User:Sayamindu|,|x|Requested by::x}}
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| Requirements |
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* We need to migrate to SCIM for our input method needs. Our current input method (XKB with XIM) does not work with languages like Chinese, and there are enhancement requests from existing deployments (eg: <trac>8494</trac>) which can only be handled via SCIM.
- Must completely support Simplified Chinese, Nepali and Amharic.
- User experience for keyboard layout switching should not change
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| Specification |
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* Conversion of all existing layouts to m17n db format , along with refinements and better support for modifiers whenever possible (<trac>6280</trac> (Postponed due to uncertainty wrt the future of SCIM, as detailed on this thread )
- Modification of relevant startup and configuration scripts for SCIM support
- Patches in olpc-utils ensure that SCIM starts up automatically
- A separate script pre-configures SCIM, based on the mfg-data. This also ensures that SCIM recognises our language switching key as the trigger to change layouts
- Language/script specific
- Proper handling of Amharic characters (<trac>8494</trac>) requires implementation of a new Amharic input method.
- Chinese:
- The following Fedora packages provide support for the Chinese requirement:
- scim-pinyin
- scim-fcitx (To be verified)
- Nepali support is implemented by the following Fedora package
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| Owners |
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{{#arraymap:Sayamindu|,|x|Contact person::User:x}}
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| Priority |
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Priority::1
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| Helps deployability? |
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Helps deployability::yes
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| Target for 9.1? |
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Target for 9.1::yes
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