On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Michael Bauer <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ok, mystery solved, bug confirmed. >> >> Kotoeri is the default IME on OSX for Japanese, it offers, amongst other >> things, Latin to Kana/Kanji conversion. This is what should happen: >> 1 Go to settings and add Japanese as a language, ensure that under input >> sources for kotoeri "Romaji" (i.e. Latin) is selected for typing method >> (unless you have a Japanese keyboard) >> 2 Open any program (I tested the Google search box in Firefox and >> LibreOffice) >> 3 Top right of screen, change the UK/US/whatever flag to Japanese (wil show >> a hiragan A) >> 4 Start typing. It should convert Romaji to Kana/Kanji automatically e.g. >> shamisen > 三味線 >> sushi > すし >> (for testing just pick any Japanese terms off wikipedia if you don't read >> Japanese) >> >> In GIMP (Partha's build) the conversion does not work, it simply enters the >> Romaji i.e. Latin letters. > > Ok so the problem was not that Partha did not know how to use an input > method to output Japanese, it was that he knew how, but that it worked > everywhere but in GIMP? That was not clear. > > Partha, did you compile GTK+ yourself? If so, ensure that > --with-included-immodules=yes was set. > Note that reading the configure.ac, it should normally be set by > default (unless for instance you also --disable-modules). But well, > make it a clear configure option to be double sure. > Yes, I compile my own GTK+ for all platforms I support. I don't explicitly set immodules. The only options I explicitly set are --enable-introspection=no --enable-quartz-relocation --with-gdktarget=quartz --without-x --with-xinput=yes > If even with this, that's still not working, but it's working > everywhere else, well maybe there is a broken support of input methods > for OSX in GTK+? Try another GTK+ app and check if you can write text > through an input method engine there. > > Have fun. > > Jehan > >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-developer-list mailing list >> List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx >> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list >> List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
