Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) is an input method (IM) platform. Input
 methods are needed to enter complex characters in many non-latin languages.
 SCIM provides a common platform for various plugin modules and independent IM
 programs, as well as a set of modules and programs on its own. It is highly
 modularized and exposes abstract interfaces, so that plugin modules with
 different functions can easily communicate with each other. The currently
 supported module types are configuration, IM engine, front end, filter, and
 setup GUI.
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 SCIM achieves the communication between IM engines and front ends through
 both shared library linking and server/client mode. It supports XIM
 protocol, as well as GTK+ IM module.
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 This package is the main binary package of SCIM. It includes: the main
 program scim (GTK+ based) and other support programs; simple configuration
 module, X11 front end module, rawcode IM engine module,
 simplified/traditional Chinese conversion filter module, and their
 corresponding setup GUI modules; GTK+ panel and its setup GUI module; and a
 GTK+ based setup tool.
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 SCIM is a well accepted platform and features various input method engines
 for many languages. In Debian you can find the following separately packaged
 IMs useful: scim-tables-{additional,ja,ko,zh}, scim-pinyin, scim-uim,
 scim-m17n, scim-chewing, scim-anthy, scim-canna, scim-prime, and scim-skk.
 GTK+ users would also find package scim-gtk-immodule useful for GTK+ IM
 module support.
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 For development on SCIM platform, please see the description of scim-dev
 package.