* IIIMF
  * SCIM/UIM
  * UIM
  * XIM

== IIIMF ==
[[http://www.openi18n.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=30&page=1|IIIMF]] is a project part of the [[http://www.openi18n.org/|Free Standard Group Open Internationalization Initiative]]. It is an input method framework aimed to be platform independent, multilingual and unicode based, multiuser, windowing system independent, extensible and more.
On Linux, IIIMF is supported by RedHat, see the [[http://apac.redhat.com/iiimftest/|Fedora IIIMF testing page]] for more info.

=== IIIMF packages ===
  * im-sdk
    * iiimf-htt-csconv
    * iiimf-htt-le-canna
    * iiimf-htt-le-indic
    * iiimf-htt-le-newpy
    * iiimf-htt-server
    * iiimf-htt-xbe
    * iiimgcf
    * im-sdk-docs
    * im-sdk
    * libiiimcf-dev
    * libiiimcf2
    * libiiimp-dev
    * libiiimp0

== SCIM ==
[[http://www.scim-im.org/|SCIM]] is a Freedesktop project. Can use UIM's language input method with the scim-uim wrapper. SCIM is designed so it is easy to develop input methods with it.

=== SCIM packages ===
  * scim
    * scim
    * scim-server-socket
    * scim-gtk2-immodule
    * scim-frontend-socket
    * scim-dev
    * scim-config-socket
  * scim-uim
  * scim-chinese
  * scim-hangul
  * scim-m17n
  * scim-tables

== UIM ==
[[http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/uim|UIM]] is a Freedesktop project. It is a multilingual input method library. The languages Input Methods are written in scheme. All the UIM input methods can be used with SCIM with the scim-uim wrapper.

=== UIM packages ===
  * uim
    * libuim0
    * libuim-dev
    * libuim-dev
    * uim-applet-gnome
    * uim-common
    * uim-fep
    * uim-gtk2.0
    * uim-helper-server
    * uim-utils
    * uim-xim
    * uim-xim
    * uim-xim
    * uim

== Related ==
  * [JapaneseInputHowto] using UIM (can be applied to other languages)
  * [[http://www.m17n.org/|The M17N project]] is badly needed for some languages like Vietnamese. But the corresponding packages, `libm17n-0` and `m17n-db`, have not been updated (in Debian and so in Ubuntu) for almost 2 years! During that time there has been new releases with the last one bringing a major enhancement (say requirements for Vietnamese typing) in functionnalities. I did package them myself (which is very easy with Gutsy) and put them in our [[http://wiki.hanoilug.org/soft:apt:hanoilug|HanoiLUG repository]] but I would rather love to see them in some standard Ubuntu repository instead! Any option to do this? -- ProgFou
Fill a Launchpad bug for the packages in question, request an update in the bug, link the diff files for your packages and it should make it easy. Join the ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list if you need help - it's always a shame to see some packages limited to a small group of users when it would benefit everybody if the person building the packages would just submit :( -- Loïc

From SimosXenitellis Sun Apr 24 00:45:14 +0100 2005
From: SimosXenitellis
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:45:14 +0100
Subject: On IIIMF and a global Input Method
Message-ID: <20050424004514+0100@https://www.ubuntulinux.org>

See the blog of Iich (http://www.livejournal.com/users/llch/).
Specifically, entry http://www.livejournal.com/users/llch/2396.html

OpenOffice.org only supports IIIMF (see [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/44626|Malone#44626]].  If SCIM or UIM is selected, it would be nice to provide an IIIMF bridge to support OOo.

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