secondlife / secondlife/viewer

[Linux] Add IME Support for Wayland

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Dominant language
C++
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Description

Description

Wayland is gradually becoming the default desktop environment, but in the case of SecondLife Viewer, it seems that the IME does not work on Wayland at the moment.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the IME failure in the Second Life Viewer on a Linux Wayland desktop, then locate the existing Linux input handling. Done means IME input works correctly under Wayland without regressing supported desktop environments.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
desktop-dev, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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