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This recommended default input method for Vietnamese will be changed from ibus-bogo to ibus-unikey. | |||
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Revision as of 15:18, 25 February 2021
Use ibus-unikey as the default IME for Vietnamese
Summary
This recommended default input method for Vietnamese will be changed from ibus-bogo to ibus-unikey.
Owner
- Name: Mike Fabian
- Email: <mfabian@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 34
- Last updated: 2021-02-25
- FESCo issue: #2527
- Tracker bug: #1913431
- Release notes tracker: #625
Detailed Description
The current Fedora default input method ibus-bogo seems to be not actively maintained and it doesn't work on Gnome Wayland. The bug has been reported already in Fedora 30, see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690326
The ibus-unikey input method seems to do the same as ibus-bogo.
ibus-unikey seems work much better than ibus-bogo under Wayland.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
Vietnamese input works again on Gnome-Wayland. Currently with ibus-bogo it is broken.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- update langpacks-vi to use ibus-unikey
- Other developers: gnome-desktop3 for default vi_VN input method
- Release engineering: #9907
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Objectives:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
The package installed by default will change from ibus-bogo to the packages ibus-unikey for an installation in Vietnamese.
How To Test
Install Fedora in Vietnamese and check that ibus-unikey are installed. The input method Unikey should be available:
$ ibus list-engine | grep unikey unikey $
Then add the unikey input method in the gnome-control-center select it in the gnome-panel, open gedit and type: “Khoong cos gif quis hown ddoocj laapj tuwj do”. You should get the result: “Không có gì quí hơn độc lập tự do”.
The following screenshots show how to add the ibus-m17n “m17n:vi:telex” input method and do that tests. ibus-unikey and ibus-m17n “m17n:vi:telex” behave the same but ibus-m17n “m17n:vi:telex” suffers from a problem in Wayland that characters are often disappearing while typing, that’s why we prefer ibus-unikey at the moment.
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Adding the ibus-unikey input method in the Gnome control centre
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How to use the ibus-unikey input method.
User Experience
- There should be very little difference in typing Vietnamese as ibus-bogo and ibus-unikey behave similarly, except that Unikey works much better under Wayland
- The setup tool looks a little different.
- Package sizes and dependent packages are different.
- Memory usage is different.
Dependencies
ibus-unikey
- comps has to be updated
Contingency Plan
Revert changes back to ibus-bogo
- Contingency mechanism: Revert comps and gnome-desktop3
- Contingency deadline: Beta release
- Blocks release? No
- Blocks product? None
Documentation
https://github.com/ibus/ibus-unikey
See also Changes/ibus-m17n_as_default_Sinhala_IME.