Re: Default X i18n configuration for UTF-8 locales references non-existent modules

[Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2009.salmi.ch@localhost>]

Hello,

nhat.minh.le%huoc.org@localhost --> tech-x11 (2009-06-07 11:00:43 +0200):
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running NetBSD-5.0 release with native X.org from the base system
> on i386, and I've noticed the default X i18n settings for the UTF-8
> locales are non-working since they point to non-existent modules. It
> seems several other people have noticed the effects too, in a form or
> another; it is related to PR #41129.[1][2] Is there a reason to these
> defaults?
[...]
> On my setup, I have replaced them with X.org (only) modules, which are
> used by non-UTF-8 locales (ximcp for XIM and xomGeneric for XOM).
> I don't know whether they support all Unicode specifics, but at least
> they exist. Here's the patch:
> 
>     --- a/XI18N_OBJS  2008-07-30 04:43:01.000000000 +0200
>     +++ b/XI18N_OBJS  2009-06-06 19:09:30.000000000 +0200
>     @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
>      #      XI18N objects table for euro locales
>      #
>      XLC    common/xlcUTF8Load      _XlcUtf8Loader          # XLC_open
>     -XOM    common/xomLTRTTB        _XomGenericOpenOM       # XOM_open
>     -XIM    common/xiiimp           _SwitchOpenIM           # XIM_open
>     -XIM    common/xiiimp           _XimpLocalOpenIM        # XIM_open
>     +#XOM   common/xomLTRTTB        _XomGenericOpenOM       # XOM_open
>     +XOM    common/xomGeneric       _XomGenericOpenOM       # XOM_open
>     +#XIM   common/xiiimp           _SwitchOpenIM           # XIM_open
>     +#XIM   common/xiiimp           _XimpLocalOpenIM        # XIM_open
>     +XIM    common/ximcp            _XimOpenIM 
> _XimRegisterIMInstantiateCallback  _XimUnRegisterIMInstantiateCallback       
> # XIM_open      XIM_register XIM_unregister
> 
> For me, things work fine with these settings: X applications
> (including twm) using base X fonts can now create fontsets, xterm does
> not complain about the input method anymore, [...]

indeed, your changes seem to fix those problems on my -current system
with HEAD xsrc, too.  Thanks for the hint!


Regards, Jukka

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