Ubuntu
scim package

man page does not document im-switch method

Bug #47093 reported by Loïc Martin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
scim (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

man scim | grep im-switch

Scim's offline documentation doesn't say anything about the use of im-switch, even though it's the method now used in Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake.

Any user using a non-CJK session has to set up scim from the command line to get scim input working. However, offline documentation is misleading and causing many problem for users trying to set it up.

Since the official method is through im-switch, user should be advised this method when looking for help through Yelp or man scim. At the moment, the advised method is too complex to help users, and inacurate because going through steps that are not necessary (and could be harmfull).

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Loïc Martin (loic-martin3) wrote :

Bug is reproductible. Also, it's not a "wishlist" - the situation is misleading and not just "not informative enough".

I'm leaving the Severity to "Normal" because inputing a foreign langage still is seen as "marginal" by many people, but that doesn't really reflect the amount of people concerned by it in the forums or on launchpad.

Changed in scim:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

This is a rather old bug. I agree that input of foreign languages can still be difficult to get right at times.

Do you still consider the support information available through yelp and man to be insufficient?

Changed in scim:
assignee: nobody → r0lf
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Loïc Martin (loic-martin3) wrote :

On Intrepid :
man scim | grep im-switch

No information whatsoever.

Language input has improved in Ubuntu, but it's still missing in certain areas (and maybe still for some locales, since that was the problem for a while and I only can vouch for one or 2 locales).

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Thank you for the quick response.

I've never written a man page. But I guess it would help if you wrote up what you know for inclusion in a man page. Maybe we can then get somebody to prepare a diff against the current man page.

Changed in scim:
assignee: r0lf → nobody
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
summary: - [Dapperscim man page doesn't advise im-switch method, even though it's
- the method now used in Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake
+ man page does not document im-switch method
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

FWIW, im-switch is scheduled to be superseded by im-config

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

setting to wontfix

Changed in scim (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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