Comment 18 for bug 199030

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:

> Release Management-wise this should be fixed soon, since breaking
> keyboard input is one of the worst things we can do.
>
> Maybe the input switch can be triggered by a combination which will not
> hit accidentally all the time, very much *unlike* shift-space? what
> about both control keys, control+esc, or sth similar?

I thought about this, and in a way, it is still as dangerous as ever -
because someone, sometime, might happen to accidentally trigger it. Then
they'll be completely lost and confused, since the obscure combination will
be hard to duplicate. People who do have use for scim might find the
combination too hard to do too, and would need to change it themselves (and
complain about the bad default setting!).

I believe that the best way to go is to set a meaningful default shortcut
key, but have scim disabled by default. That way, non-scim people won't run
into the combination, and scim people will simply enable scim if they need
it (there's nothing wrong with that - it's a personal preference, so it
would be understandable). After enabling it, they'll also have a useful
shortcut key set for them, so they'll be all set.