Revision as of 02:51, 15 January 2013

libkkc

This feature covers the integration of ibus-kkc to Fedora, a new input method to provide intelligent sentence-based Japanese Kana Kanji input.

There are currently two options for typical users to input Japanese sentences: ibus-anthy or ibus-mozc. However, both have issues:

ibus-anthy
- Anthy, the backend library, has been unmaintained for 7 years.
- The accuracy is not so good because of bugs in the core algorithm.
ibus-mozc
- Contributions to the input method are limited to Google employees.
- There are no library or service interface. That means it cannot easily be used from other input method frameworks than IBus.

Try to add "Japanese (KKC)" input source is listed in gnome-control-center Region panel.
Enable "Japanese (KKC)" input source from the gnome-shell.
Input some Japanese text, say "watashinonamaehanakanodesu", to input a Kana-string "わたしのなまえはなかのです"

With the libkkc back end, Japanese users can speed up the Kana Kanji input due to its higher accuracy than ibus-anthy.

In worst case, we could drop the package and hide it from the gnome-control-center.

ibus-kkc with new libkkc backend provides a more intelligent Kana Kanji input method and speed up the user input of Japanese characters.

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 # Try to add "Japanese (KKC)" input source is listed in gnome-control-center Region panel.
 # Enable "Japanese (KKC)" input source from the gnome-shell.
-# Input some Japanese text, like "watashinonamaehanakanodesu", and type Space to convert to "わたしの名前は中野です".
+# Input some Japanese text, say "watashinonamaehanakanodesu", to input a Kana-string "わたしのなまえはなかのです"
+* Type Space to convert it to a Kana-Kanji-mixed-string "わたしの名前は中野です".
 == User Experience ==