Comment 12 for bug 1756205

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Ping-Wu (wliauh) wrote : Re: [Bug 1756205] Re: Can't input Chinese characters in daily built

Thanks a whole lot Gunnar! Look forward to test it.

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Launchpad Bug Tracker <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon -
> 3.28.0-0ubuntu2
>
> ---------------
> gnome-settings-daemon (3.28.0-0ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium
>
> * debian/patches/ubuntu_ibus_configs.patch:
> - libpinyin instead of sunpinyin for zh_CN (LP: #1756205)
>
> -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <email address hidden> Sun, 25 Mar 2018 05:16:00
> +0100
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Released
>
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> Title:
> Can't input Chinese characters in daily built
>
> Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> OS: Ubuntu 18.04 Daily Built 2018-03-08.
>
> As reported in the Ubuntu Chinese forum (in Chinese):
>
> http://forum.ubuntu.com.cn/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=486823
>
> users cannot input Chinese characters.
>
> It appears the daily built uses sunpinyin as the default Chinese input
> method. But sunpinyin is not included in the iso.
>
> Sunpinyin has not been maintained for at least a couple of years;
> several problems have been reported associated therewith but remain
> unsolved, and it doesn't appear that the problems will be solved any
> time soon.
>
> Ibus-libpinyin has been working very smoothly inside Bionic. Its
> frequency table regarding single words can be improved, but it works
> very well for phrases.
>
> I suggest we change the default Chinese input method from sunpinyin to
> libpinyin (i.e., intelligent pinyin).
>
> This is an urgent matter.
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