Input Method

Project Scope

The scope of "Input Method" project includes:

• To support IIIMF (which is currently the defualt IM framework on Solaris) on OpenSolaris, including building/packaging, bug fixing, and adding new features.

• To support more input method frameworks on OpenSolaris, such as iBus, SCIM and UIM, they are popular IM frameworks on various Linux distributions.

• To host intelligent input method implementations, such as SunPinyin (developed by Sun Asian G11N Center, shipped since Solaris 10, and opensource'd on OS.o), which is a SLM (Statistical Language Model) based IME.

Help!

If you have any question, please send feedback to <i18n-discuss@opensolaris.org>. Alternatively, you could join us in #opensolaris-i18n on irc.freenode.net. If you would like to file a bug, go to bugzilla, and provide details of the problems you are experiencing, the category is i18n-l10n.

News

iBus are now available for OpenSolaris (pkg.opensolaris.org/dev):

• iBus 1.1 was integrated in snv_125 and has been upgraded to 1.2 at snv_129.
• To use iBus, see "Build and use iBus" in the left menu.
• iBus is planned to become default IM framework for future OpenSolaris.
• SUNWibus-xkbc which emulates XKB keyboard layout, has been integrated in snv_130.
• ibus-sunpinyin2.0 delivery rc4.
• Virtual Keyboard input method has been added in SUNWibus-xkbc (snv_147).

imf-selector which can easily switch IMF (Input Method Framework) or enable/disable IMF startup through GUI, has been integrated in snv_147.