LP#1846665 "Please include 'fcitx-table-cangjie3' by default in Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio"

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Reported first on Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/1846665

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LP#0: Walter Cheuk (wwycheuk) wrote on 2019-10-04:

[needs-packaging] fcitx-table-cangjie3

URL: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fcitx

Please include 'fcitx-table-cangjie3' package by default in the Ubuntu derivative that is using Fcitx as the default input method (i.e. Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio), or at least when the user select 'Chinese (Traditional)' during installation.

Cangjie3 is the most used Chinese input method in Hong Kong (it's similar to that provided in M$ windows). As Chinese in Hong Kong also use Traditional Chinese, it should be included for their convenience (There is no 'Chinese (Hong Kong)' option during installation, only 'Chinese (Traditional)' which is mainly biased for Taiwan).

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LP#1: Walter Cheuk (wwycheuk) wrote on 2019-10-04:

In the list of https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fcitx , only 'cangjie' is listed as a package, but in fact it's a null package, and 'cangjie3' itself is a installable package. Please see the attached picture.

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• fcitx-cangjie.png

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LP#2: Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2019-10-04:

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LP#3: Erich Eickmeyer  (eeickmeyer) wrote on 2019-10-06:

As fcitx is not included in any flavor of Ubuntu (except Ubuntu Kylin) by default, I'm not sure it is worth increasing the ISO image size to accommodate this.

As such, for Chinese users who wish to use Ubuntu Studio's benefits in their native language input, I'd recommend installing Ubuntu Kylin then installing ubuntustudio-installer, available in the repos. Otherwise, installing fcitx-table-cangjie3 post-installation should be rather trivial. As such, I'm considering this a "wishlist" item.

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LP#4: Walter Cheuk (wwycheuk) wrote on 2019-10-09:

When I install Xubuntu or Ubuntu Studio and select 'Chinese (Traditional)' during installation, fcitx is installed automatically and used as the default IME.

For a user looking for ready-to-use media production suite, Ubuntu Studio is the most natural choice. (BTW, Ubuntu Kylin is targeted for Mainland China which uses Simplified Chinese, instead of locales that uses Traditional Chinese such as Hong Kong and Taiwan.)

And input method is the MOST BASIC feature of an OS; one shouldn't REQUIRE an user to know the package name and run a command in a terminal just to input his native language.