From: Kenichi Handa Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:28:04 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~3222 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2fb18d1328ca01410d24a73939e5b79a6a12a914;p=emacs.git (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx. --- diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index 7811dc46526..28ae69d3410 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-04-11 Kenichi Handa + + * PROBLEMS (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx. + 2006-04-10 Bill Wohler * NEWS: Add package-version keyword to `defcustom' and mention diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index de0dc31edff..f106f9a4a17 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ xmodmap command to the xdm setup script for that display. Use the shell command `xset bc' to make the old X Menu package work. -*** C-SPC fails to work on Fedora GNU/Linux. +*** C-SPC fails to work on Fedora GNU/Linux (or with some input method). Fedora Core 4 steals the C-SPC key by default for the `iiimx' program which is the input method for some languages. It blocks Emacs users @@ -1005,6 +1005,12 @@ Another is to specify `Emacs*useXIM: false' in your X resources. Another is to build Emacs with the `--without-xim' configure option. +The same problem happens on any other system if you are using fcitx +(Chinese input method) which by default use C-SPC for toggling. If +you want to use fcitx with Emacs, you have two choices. Toggle fcitx +by another key (e.g. C-\) by modifying ~/.fcitx/config, or be +accustomed to use C-@ for `set-mark-command'. + *** M-SPC seems to be ignored as input. See if your X server is set up to use this as a command