Changes/ibus-fbterm enhancement for ibus 1.5

ibus-fbterm enhancement for ibus 1.5

Update of ibus-fbterm to work with IBus 1.5. ibus-fbterm enables major features of ibus 1.5

Owner

• Name: Takao Fujiwara
• Email: tfujiwar [at] redhat [dot] com
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 24
• Last updated: 2016-02-01
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

ibus-fbterm had not been updated for a while but now ibus-fbterm will enable major features with IBus 1.5.

• Show pre-edit text of input method.
• Show lookup table of input method.
• Bind Super-space to switch IBus IMEs(input method engines).
• Show IME switcher window.
• Run 'loadkeys' command to set XKB.

Benefit to Fedora

Users can input the their languages on console.

Scope

• Proposal owners:

1. Implement the new ibus-fbterm

• Other developers: N/A

• Release engineering: N/A
  • List of deliverables: N/A

• Policies and guidelines: N/A

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A

How To Test

1. Make sure fbterm and ibus-fbterm is installed.
2. Run Fedora with run level 1 or 3 with frame buffer from Grub console. (Append 'vga=ask' of the line of "...vmlinuz...")
3. Log into console with a user which has the permission to modify frame buffer likes 'root' user.
4. Run 'ibus-fbterm' on the console shell.
5. Run 'ibus engine' command and see the engine is enabled.
6. Type Super-space and see the engine is switched.
7. Type Super-space and Super-space and Enter key to select an IME on the switcher window.

User Experience

N/A

Dependencies

frame buffer, console login, fbterm and ibus

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: Just drop the features.
• Contingency deadline: N/A
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? No

Documentation

• man