The X Input Method (or XIM) was the original
input method
An input method (or input method editor, commonly abbreviated IME) is an operating system component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their input devices by using sequences of characters (or mouse ...
framework for the
X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.
X provides the basic framework for a GUI environment: drawing and moving windows on the display device and interacting ...
.
It predates
IBus,
Fcitx
Fcitx (, ) is an input method framework with extension support for the X Window System that supports multiple input method engines including Pinyin transcription, table-based input methods (e.g. Wubi method), fcitx-chewing for Traditional Chinese ...
,
SCIM,
uim and
IIIMF IIIMF (Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework) is the default input method framework for Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese and Korean on old Fedora Linux systems. Since Fedora Core 5, '' SCIM'' has been selected as the default input ...
. The specification is published most recently in 1994 by (and copyright held by) the
X Consortium
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.
X provides the basic framework for a GUI environment: drawing and moving windows on the display device and interacting wi ...
. Although rarely used today, XIM is historically notable and has been supported in the enterprise products of
IBM and
Oracle
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Description
The wor ...
.
Oracle Asian Application Developer's Guide: Overview of the X Window System Input Method (XIM)
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