Re: Status of my GTK efforts.

[Jan D.]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
> Regarding XIM:
> 
>     > Could you please investigate this enough so that you can tell me
>     > whether there is a shortcoming in GTK or GDK in this area?
> 
>     No, it is just a matter of code duplication, some things Emacs does
>     is done automatically in GTK.  For instance, widgets that handles text
>     input (GtkText, GtkEntry) handles XIM by themselves.  But Emacs could not
>     use these widgets for its framse, they are too limited.
> 
> Are you saying that it IS feasible for Emacs to handle XIM in the
> way it needs to, with the existing GTK?   That is the crucial question,
> and your message did not answer it explicitly.

I think so, but I am not 100% sure, I must read up on XIM to be able to answer
definitly yes or no.  I will investigate further.

> 
> People are talking about giving Emacs the ability to select and switch
> between different X input methods.  Is this, too, convenient with the
> existing GTK?

The same answer as above, I'm afraid.  I'll reply with a better answer when I
know more.

        Jan D.