>> This is a known problem. I don't think XEmacs can survive any >> of the Input Method servers dying. Kazz> No. As I said before (maybe), the current code lacks of Kazz> register/unregister the input method. Instead of the Kazz> implementation, input-method-xlib just opens XIM and attach Kazz> it to the context. (It is very same with Motif, but Motif Kazz> does this smart internally) 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> XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback Kazz> XUnregisterIMInstantiateCallback