[tor-bugs] #20774 [Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox]: Support foreign language input where possible.

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#20774: Support foreign language input where possible.
----------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 Reporter:  yawning                           |          Owner:  yawning
     Type:  enhancement                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                                    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                    |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                    |        Sponsor:
----------------------------------------------+-------------------------

Comment (by yawning):

 To checkpoint what I have managed to figure out:

  * XIM support is totally broken, otherwise that would be the easiest way
 to get basically everything to work.  When Tor Browser switches to Gtk_3,
 this may be worth revisiting, but will most likely go away with Wayland,
 so isn't a long term viable solution.

  * I-Bus appears to be the most common (and is what I use).  At a first
 glance it involves, giving the container access to `org.freedesktop.IBus`
 on the session D-Bus (and only that service), along with giving access to
 the I-Bus abstract socket (See `.config/ibus/bus/<blah>`).  Making this
 resilient to things that the user can do external to the sandbox (eg:
 Restarting the ibus daemon) adds further complexity.

  * Fcitx support would also be nice, but is probably on the order of
 complexity of supporting I-Bus and is less popular.

  * SCIM and uim probably don't have the userbase anymore to justify
 development time.

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20774#comment:5>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online