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* XKB
 * No support for multiple codepoints per keypress [Indic languages, Khmer, Thai, Lao]		  * XKB
  * No support for multiple codepoints per keypress [Indic scripts, Khmer, Thai, Lao]
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* SCIM
 * scim-bridge does not support surrounding text [Indic languages, Khmer, Thai, Lao]		  * SCIM
  * scim-bridge does not support surrounding text whereas scim does [Indic scripts, Khmer, Thai, Lao]
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* IM infrastructure
 * Transitioning from SCIM to new infrastructure -> iBus
 * Need a unified IM chooser that includes XKB layouts		  * IM infrastructure
  * Transitioning from SCIM to new infrastructure -> iBus
  * Need a unified IM chooser that includes XKB layouts
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* im-switch
 * Inconsistent semantics		  * im-switch
  * Inconsistent semantics - where all_ALL is currently just a default fallback [CTL scripts]
  * BTS #513242
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* Pango's Indic Layout Engine is unmaintainable
 * Need some convergence between Pango, ICU and Harfbuzz		  * Pango's Indic Layout Engine is unmaintainable
  * Need some convergence between Pango, ICU and Harfbuzz
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 * Identify and remove incomplete glyph ranges in fonts that cover many scripts. e.g. Freefont.
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* Ubuntu: gnome-language-selector
 * Defaults to scim-bridge - which doesn't support surrounding text -> iBus
 * Does not expose the im-switch option of the all_ALL quasi-locale (SCIM specific)		  * Ubuntu: gnome-language-selector
  * Defaults to scim-bridge - which doesn't support surrounding text -> iBus [Indic scripts]
  * Incorporate the new behaviour of im-switch
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* Open Office: default font selection for a Unicode script needs to be smarter
 * Fontconfig has a minimum coverage requirement before a font is selected, but Open Office does not
 * upstream bug, bug filed.		  * Open Office: default font selection for a Unicode script needs to be smarter
  * Fontconfig has a minimum coverage requirement before a font is selected, but Open Office does not
  * upstream bug, bug filed.

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CategoryTranslations

This is a list of items which need to be improved in Ubuntu in order to get better i18n support. Please state which components are affected and who would benefit from the proposed change.

Input

  • XKB
    • No support for multiple codepoints per keypress [Indic scripts, Khmer, Thai, Lao]
  • SCIM
    • scim-bridge does not support surrounding text whereas scim does [Indic scripts, Khmer, Thai, Lao]
  • IM infrastructure

    • Transitioning from SCIM to new infrastructure -> iBus

    • Need a unified IM chooser that includes XKB layouts
  • im-switch
    • Inconsistent semantics - where all_ALL is currently just a default fallback [CTL scripts]
    • BTS #513242

Rendering

  • Pango's Indic Layout Engine is unmaintainable
    • Need some convergence between Pango, ICU and Harfbuzz

Fonts

  • Identify and remove incomplete glyph ranges in fonts that cover many scripts. e.g. Freefont.

Other Applications

  • Ubuntu: gnome-language-selector

    • Defaults to scim-bridge - which doesn't support surrounding text -> iBus [Indic scripts]

    • Incorporate the new behaviour of im-switch
  • Open Office: default font selection for a Unicode script needs to be smarter
    • Fontconfig has a minimum coverage requirement before a font is selected, but Open Office does not
    • upstream bug, bug filed.

CategoryTranslations

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