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patch 8.2.4153: MS-Windows: Global IME is no longer supported

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Problem:    MS-Windows: Global IME is no longer supported.
Solution:   Remove the Global IME implementation. (Ken Takata, closes #9562)
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K.Takata
2022-01-20 12:44:28 +00:00
committed by Bram Moolenaar
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@ -955,32 +955,11 @@ replace mode.
The options 'iminsert', 'imsearch' and 'imcmdline' can be used to choose
the different input methods or disable them temporarily.
WHAT IS IME
IME is a part of East asian version Windows. That helps you to input
multibyte character. English and other language version Windows does not
have any IME. (Also there is no need usually.) But there is one that
called Microsoft Global IME. Global IME is a part of Internet Explorer
4.0 or above. You can get more information about Global IME, at below
URL.
WHAT IS GLOBAL IME *global-ime*
Global IME makes capability to input Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text
into Vim buffer on any language version of Windows 98, Windows 95, and
Windows NT 4.0.
On Windows 2000 and XP it should work as well (without downloading). On
Windows 2000 Professional, Global IME is built in, and the Input Locales
can be added through Control Panel/Regional Options/Input Locales.
Please see below URL for detail of Global IME. You can also find various
language version of Global IME at same place.
- Global IME detailed information.
http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=global+ime
- Active Input Method Manager (Global IME)
On Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 there was *global-ime* , but this is no
longer supported. You can still find documentation for Active Input Method
Manager (Global IME) here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa741221(v=VS.85).aspx
Support for Global IME is an experimental feature.
NOTE: For IME to work you must make sure the input locales of your language
are added to your system. The exact location of this depends on the version
of Windows you use. For example, on my Windows 2000 box: