No explaination nor possibility to install Input Methods via "Keyboard Input Methods" menu

[YannUbuntu]

Binary package hint: ibus

On Ubuntu 10.10 RC

Currently a user who wishes to write in Japanese or other non-latin langage will naturally got to the System->Preferences->"Keyboard Input Methods" menu, but will only find "Chinese", and no possibility to install another Input Method !

For example, currently to write in Japanese in a non-Japanese system, the user needs to perform actions which are not intuitive :
1) Go to Language Support and add Japanese Input Method
2) Restart the session (this step is not recommended by any message after step 1)
3) Add the Japanese Input Method in Preferences->Keyboard Input Methods

I suggest :
A) To display a message in "Keyboard Input Methods" in order to explain how to install a new Input Method (the 3 steps above).
B) OR better : to add an "Install Input Method" button in "Keyboard Input Methods" that would allow to directly install an Input Method.

[Arne Goetje (arnegoetje)]

On 10/04/2010 11:06 AM, YannUbuntu wrote:
> For example, currently to write in Japanese in a non-Japanese system, the user needs to perform actions which are not intuitive :
> 1) Go to Language Support and add Japanese Input Method
> 2) Restart the session (this step is not recommended by any message after step 1)

Restarting the session is not necessary for installing input methods,
only for language-packs which generate new locales.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Well that means I had a bug because 2 hours ago I tested the following with Ubuntu 10.10 RC :

1) Go to Preferences->Keyboard Input Methods

The list of Input Methods did not include the Japanese Method (only Chinese method).

2) Go to Language Support and add Japanese Input Method
3) Go to Preferences->Keyboard Input Methods

The list of Input Methods still did not include the Japanese Method (only Chinese method).

So I did :
4) Restart the session
5) Go to Preferences->Keyboard Input Methods

This time, the list of Input Methods included the Japanese Method.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

I could reproduce the 5 steps above in a live-session. (please note that during step 2 above I just install the input method, not the language-packs)

Looks like, for me, restarting the session IS necessary for installing input methods.

Could anyone else try to reproduce ?

[Victor Costan (costan)]

FWIW, I did need to restart the iBus daemon (right-click on the keyboard icon, select Restart from the menu) after installing the compose IME using apt-get install compose-ime-table. The IME configurator wouldn't list it otherwise.

[Victor Costan (costan)]

Sorry for not posting specs -- Ubuntu 11.04, plus updates as of today.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.