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Re: Status of my GTK efforts.
From: |
Jan D. |
Subject: |
Re: Status of my GTK efforts. |
Date: |
Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:36:14 +0100 |
Richard Stallman wrote:
>
> Regarding XIM:
>
> > Could you please investigate this enough so that you can tell me
> > whether there is a shortcoming in GTK or GDK in this area?
>
> No, it is just a matter of code duplication, some things Emacs does
> is done automatically in GTK. For instance, widgets that handles text
> input (GtkText, GtkEntry) handles XIM by themselves. But Emacs could not
> use these widgets for its framse, they are too limited.
>
> Are you saying that it IS feasible for Emacs to handle XIM in the
> way it needs to, with the existing GTK? That is the crucial question,
> and your message did not answer it explicitly.
I think so, but I am not 100% sure, I must read up on XIM to be able to answer
definitly yes or no. I will investigate further.
>
> People are talking about giving Emacs the ability to select and switch
> between different X input methods. Is this, too, convenient with the
> existing GTK?
The same answer as above, I'm afraid. I'll reply with a better answer when I
know more.
Jan D.
Re: Status of my GTK efforts., Jan D., 2002/01/02