Re: Input method and dying bug
>>>> "Kazz" == Kazuyuki IENAGA
<ienaga(a)jsys.co.jp> writes:
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
> It's not clear to me what happens in your method if you have
> just typed half of a kana in romaji.... Once the input context
> is open, I'm not sure what happens if the connection dies. The
> man page does not specify error returns for X*LookupString. If
> the call blocks, we're screwed anyway.
Kazz> I found that the latest version of kterm (6.2.0) can treat
Kazz> whenever XIM is dead or alive, and it is using the X API I
Kazz> mentioned bellow.
OK, I tried it, I did
kinput2 +kinput -xim & kterm -xim & sleep 10; killall kinput2
and the IM died in the middle of input but kterm kept right on
ticking.
I'm a believer. Now to find some time to look at the code.