Re: [m17n-list] Packaging bn-disha into m17n-contrib and system issues

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Sayak Sarkar <address@hidden> writes:

> I've just completed my work on a new Visual layout based Keyboard Input
> system for the Bengali language[1] as part of my Google Summer of Code
> Project.

Congratulation!

> As per the suggestions that I've previously received in this list,
> I've tried to follow all the conventions that are required for m17n-contrib
> in the Project repository[2].

> Could someone please let me know, what is the procedure for getting the new
> input system packaged into m17n-contrib.

If you think the code is matured enough to be used publicly,
I'll include it in m17n-contrib.  As far as I see the
current code in the github, the format has no problem except
for this line:

(input-method bn disha (version "1.0.0"))

VERSION is not the version number of the input method, but...

---------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSION specifies the required minimum version number of the m17n
library.  The format is "XX.YY.ZZ" where XX is a major version
number, YY is a minor version number, and ZZ is a patch level.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Your code is using AltGr key events which is introduced in
ver.1.6.2 of m17n-lib two years ago.  So, if you want to
specify VERSION, it should be "(version "1.6.2")".

And, it may be better to refer to the project page in "description".

> Also, there are a couple of issues[3] in the new system which are a bit
> confusing to me. It would be great if someone could please check them out
> and help me a bit them.

As far as your code works with m17n-edit, yous code has no
problem.  I think the culprit is such IM-engines as ibus or
scim, or the interface between those applications and the
IM-engines.  Please describe the detail testcase to
reproduce the problme in that page.  It should include which
application (with version) is used on which OS, which
IM-engine is used, what key sequence you type, what should
be the correct result, what is the actual result.

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Kenichi Handa
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