Re: [Usability] "Input Methods" and "Insert Unicode Control Character" in context menus

[Jan Morén <jan moren lucs lu se>]

ons 2005-08-03 klockan 19:22 -0400 skrev Rodney Dawes:
> They are for text input using the keyboard. The fact that they are there

[...]

> I would probably suggest just not using it, if you do not want to use it
> for now. Perhaps in the future, this could be an option in the Keyboard
> or Locale settings, though.

If you don't have a separate input method handler like UIM, you will
want to have this in the context menu to set it on a per-input area
basis. You may want to write email in English sometimes, and in Thai (or
whatever) other times. You have perhaps one open spreadsheet in one
language and a different one in another. I switch between the different
Japanese input methods and western language all the time.

Having to switch input method globally would be really, really
inconvenient.



> On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 15:59 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Todd Chambery wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:43:25 -0400
> > > From: Todd Chambery <todd chambery gmail com>
> > > To: usability gnome org
> > > Subject: [Usability] "Input Methods" and "Insert Unicode Control
> > >     Character" in context menus
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've been using Gnome a while, and the "Input Methods"/"Insert Unicode
> > > Control Character" options that show up in every text entry context
> > > menu has always puzzled me.  I've never had a need to use them (they
> > > are "foreign" to a MS Windows user) and feel that they unnecessarily
> > > clutter the context menu.
> > 
> > > Is there a way to turn off these context menu options?
> > 
> > Not that I know of, but it may be possible.
> > 
> > I believe they are for complex text input and developers insisted on
> > having them in an easy to find place, and techincal considerations trumped
> > usability cocerns.  I was under the impression that improvements to Pango
> > and the general text handling in Gnome might eventually allow these menu
> > items to be removed entirely.  Hopefully someone more expert can shed some
> > light on these and explain it better.
> > 
> > Sincerely
> > 
> > Alan Horkan
> > http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
> > 
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