What exactly does SCIM do?

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#1

Hello,

I was recently surprised by this SCIM stuff that seems to screw around with my normal text input. I try to be curious and approach my issues with an open mind, so before I try to remove SCIM, I want to know what the hell it’s supposed to do. I apologize if this has been asked, but it’s not obvious to me (also I might have missed a discussion about this because I just ended a windows gaming binge last night :P).

#2

superppl,
This may be of help:
SCIM and why it may not be a good idea - openSUSE Forums
It even has a post from someone that did remove it.

#3

Did you install any Chinese packages. AFAIK it is for Chinese input.

#4

superppl wrote:
> SCIM, I want to know what the hell it’s supposed to do.

generic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Common_Input_Method
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/scim/index.php?title=Main_Page

openSUSE specific:
http://www.google.com/search?q=SCIM+site%3Aopensuse.org

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