Re: A OverTheSpot patch for gtk 2.4.x and 2.6.x

["younker" <bigshot_dl 163 com>]

I think this is important to Chinese user, I will help you to test this patch with 
gtk+ 2.6.4, and hope this patch will integrated into next gtk+ release, maybe 2.6.5.

> Hi,
> 
> The OverTheSpot mode of XIM is the most common input method for
> Chinese/Japanese users.
> but it is a pity that gtk2+ library don't support it,
> so that all the gtk2+ based applications, like Mozilla, Firefox,
> Thunderbird, Gaim, gEdit, NVU...can not support the OverTheSpot mode.
> 
> The attached file is a patch of libgtk2.0-0 package to make gtk2+
> library support OverTheSpot mode.
> It is written by Edward Liu <cp76 csie nctu edu tw>.
> After some testing, we feel that this patch is stable enough to update
> to the upstream.
> Please consider to apply this.
> 
> 
> If you're interesting, please read on...
> 
> The OverTheSpot mode of XIM will show a floating window sticking with
> the cursor position when we are typing.
> It is a example of the OverTheSpot mode:
> ( [CH| ] is the OverTheSpot window )
> ( | is the place of the cursor. )
> 
> I'm typing Chinese... |
>                       [CH|]
> 
> 
> I'm typing Chinese... |
>                       [CH|hqi]
> 
> [hqi] is the code of the Chinese character.
> 
> 
> I'm typing Chinese... (Ch#1)|
>                             [CH|mylm]
> 
> [mylm] is the code of another Chinese character.
> 
> 
> I'm typing Chinese... (Ch#1)(Ch#2)|
>                                   [CH|klg]
> 
> [klg] is the code of another Chinese character.
> 
> I'm typing Chinese... (Ch#1)(Ch#2)(Ch#3)|
>                                         [CH|cnkq]
> 
> 
> You can see that the OverTheSpot window is always stick with the cursor
> position.
> 
> The following is several graphic samples:
> http://home.pchome.com.tw/net/tetralet/Linux/Gtk2_OverTheSpot_OpenOffice.png
> http://home.pchome.com.tw/net/tetralet/Linux/Gtk2_OverTheSpot_gEdit.png
> http://home.pchome.com.tw/net/tetralet/Linux/Firefox-OverTheSpot.png
> 
> 
> Unlike OverTheSpot mode,
> The Root mode of XIM will show a large, fixed and unmoveable window on
> the screen.
> It looks a little ugly and sometimes it will disturb the typing if the
> input area were under the Root window.
> And becouse it is unmoveable, it will be unpleasing if the input area
> were too far away from the Root window.
> 
> The following is a graphic sample:
> http://home.pchome.com.tw/net/tetralet/Linux/Firefox-Root.png
> 
> So, We feel that this patch is very important to us.
> Please consider to apply this. Thanks.
> 
> 
> And, This patch is reported by bugzilla several months ago,
> But there was no answer...
> Please visit http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158678 for more
> details. Thanks.
> 
> 
>

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