[etoys-dev] composition input window

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 26.09.2010, at 20:49, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone got -compositioninput to work correctly in Etoys RC3 X11 driver? 
> When I try to use kn-itrans method, the text is rendered as unicode boxes 
> rather than shaped by Pango engine. But cut-n-paste from another application 
> window works fine.
> 
> I am using UIM input method engine on my Linux box. I added -compositioninput 
> just after -xshm in etoys.sh launch script. Are there any other magic 
> incantations to be set in the code?

This is from http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys.in

# make Compose input methods work
[ -z "$LC_ALL" ] && export LC_ALL="$LANG"

Can't remember who contributed that ... do we need it in the to-go version?

- Bert -