[Pkg-ime-devel] Bug#664201: Bug#664201: Bug#664201: ibus: wrong environment variable

[Osamu Aoki]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 03:41:56PM +0800, Aron Xu wrote:
> Sorry I don't understand what's the problem:
> 
> $ env | grep GTK
> GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
> $ env | grep QT
> QT4_IM_MODULE=fcitx
> 
> And even if QT*_IM_MODULE aren't exported, why it's a bug in ibus/fcitx?

Well.... they are bugs if the hook script provided for im-swich by these
packages does not work with the existing im-switch implimentation.

im-switch was created before QT4 and it uses QT_IM_MODULE only.
Exporting of QT_IM_MODULE from im-switch works with QT4 but setting
QT4_IM_MODULE for im-switch does not do what you wish im-switch should
do.

Since im-switch is going out soonish, let's make changes minimal.  Let's
make ibus/fcitx to work with archaic but exising im-switch.

That is all this is about.

I know this is confusing.  You see, I was confused enough to agree to
use QT4_IM_MODULE for the im-switch hook script.  But Ikuya woke me up.

Regards,

Osamu