A greet from Indonesia about imestudy

[katahiromz]

https://katahiromz.web.fc2.com/colony3rd/imehackerz/en/ImmNotifyIME.html
https://katahiromz.web.fc2.com/colony3rd/imehackerz/en/NI_OPENCANDIDATE.html
https://katahiromz.web.fc2.com/colony3rd/imehackerz/en/NI_CLOSECANDIDATE.html

[katahiromz]

What's up?

[katahiromz]

The current implementation is not stable and limited in functionality. Do you have any present for me?

[thebluetropics]

Nope, I just want to know how can I work with IME in Win32 API. Looks like we are here on the same road, using IMM rather than using TSF (Text Services Framework).

[thebluetropics]

Have you written a code that capable of showing/hiding, triggering an IME candidate window?

[katahiromz]

The candidate list not working yet.
The status window display is unstable.
The IME hotkeys not working correctly.

Here is Japanese free IME :
https://github.com/katahiromz/mzimeja

[katahiromz]

I am still unable to manage the internal status of IMM/IME.

[thebluetropics]

Why is IME handling in Win32 application is this hard?

[katahiromz]

I am writing the code of the system beyond one application.

[katahiromz]

Win32 GWES has complicated structure. Processes, Threads, Modules, Control path, Windows, Messaging etc.

[katahiromz]

To get the system info, we have to use kernel debugger (such as WinDbg).
Kernel debugging needs a special skill and howto knowledge.
There's difficulty in fulfilling the mission.

[katahiromz]

In addition, the final implementation should be the same or similar to Windows. But we can't use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V for that.

[katahiromz]

#include <imm.h>
...
HIMC hImc = ImmGetContext(hWnd);
...(Use hImc here)...
ImmReleaseContext(hWnd, hImc);

This is a basic form to control the ime.