Chinese input method does not work after enable Chinese keyboard in Ubuntu Phone

Is it possible that the real issue here is that [x] predictive text is mandatory for Chinese pinyin, but not for other languages, and it doesn't get enabled by default?

My impression is that option is semantically different to other languages.

This problem still exists. it is not a good experience :)

This is how a sogou input method is done on Ubuntu desktop.?field.comment=This is how a sogou input method is done on Ubuntu desktop.?field.comment=This is how a sogou input method is done on Ubuntu desktop.

The original bug has been fixed IIRC. I can not reprodudce it with vivid-proposed (16,23).

XiaoGuo's suggestion is nice to have, it required improving the suggestion algorithm in libpinyin4/ubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin.

After the user enter 'ni' as 你 at first time, 你 will be popup as first suggestion when the user press 'n', which make sense to me.

I think the original issue here is that after initially switching to Chinese from another language, if you're already in a field then the candidate bar doesn't appear until after you've typed the first character (and that first character then doesn't get included as part of the prediction).

We definitely need to improve the predictions offered by libpinyin (or try using a different pinyin suggestion engine), but I think that's a separate issue.

approved

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-keyboard - 0.99.trunk.phablet2+15.04.20141119-0ubuntu1

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ubuntu-keyboard (0.99.trunk.phablet2+15.04.20141119-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Sheldon ]
  * Send release signal for backspace if the user has swiped out of the
    key before releasing (LP: #1385518)
  * Calculate the similarity between the current user's input and the
    prediction candidate, if they differ too much make the user input
    the primary candidate for auto-completion. (LP: #1347796)
  * Stop the keyboard from updating IME hints whilst it hides (LP:
    #1370609)
  * Allow western language plugins to provide special corrections
    outside of the standard auto-correct engine (e.g. 'i' -> 'I'). (LP:
    #1372948)
  * Add Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Catalan and Croatian layouts
  * Reset the keyboard when the language plugin changes. (LP: #1335002)
  * Don't add duplicate candidates to the word ribbon when a candidate
    is pressed. (LP: #1393487)
  * Scale custom return key labels so that more characters fit and set
    correct default font size (LP: #1384810)

  [ Ubuntu daily release ]
  * New rebuild forced

  [ Dinko Osmankovic <email address hidden> ]
  * Add Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Catalan and Croatian layouts

  [ Mike Sheldon ]
  * Calculate the similarity between the current user's input and the
    prediction candidate, if they differ too much make the user input
    the primary candidate for auto-completion. (LP: #1347796)
  * Allow western language plugins to provide special corrections
    outside of the standard auto-correct engine (e.g. 'i' -> 'I'). (LP:
    #1372948)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:40:20 +0000

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