PIME
Implement input methods easily for Windows via Text Services Framework:
- LibIME contains a library which aims to be a simple wrapper for Windows Text Service Framework (TSF).
- PIMETextService contains an backbone implementation of Windows text service for using libIME.
- The python server part requires python 3.x and pywin32 package.
All parts are licensed under GNU LGPL v2.1 license.
Development
Tool Requirements
- CMake >= 2.8.11
- Visual Studio 2015
- git
How to Build
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Get source from github
git clone https://github.com/EasyIME/PIME.git cd PIME git submodule update --init
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Use one of the following CMake commands to generate Visual Studio project
cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" <path to PIME source folder> cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" <path to PIME source folder>
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Open generated project with Visual Studio and build it
TSF References
- Text Services Framework
- Guidelines and checklist for IME development (Windows Store apps)
- Input Method Editors (Windows Store apps)
- Third-party input method editors
- Strategies for App Communication between Windows 8 UI and Windows 8 Desktop
- TSF Aware, Dictation, Windows Speech Recognition, and Text Services Framework. (blog)
- Win32 and COM for Windows Store apps
- Input Method Editor (IME) sample supporting Windows 8
Windows ACL (Access Control List) references
- The Windows Access Control Model Part 1
- The Windows Access Control Model: Part 2
- Windows 8 App Container Security Notes - Part 1
- How AccessCheck Works
- GetAppContainerNamedObjectPath function (enable accessing object outside app containers using ACL)
- Creating a DACL
Install
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Copy
PIMETextService.dll
to C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x86. -
Copy
PIMETextService.dll
to C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x64. -
Copy the folder
python
toC:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\
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Copy the folder
node
toC:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\
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Use
regsvr32
to registerPIMETextService.dll
. 64-bit system need to register both 32-bit and 64-bitPIMETextService.dll
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x86\PIMETextService.dll" (run as administrator) regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x64\PIMETextService.dll" (run as administrator)
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NOTICE: the
regsvr32
command needs to be run as Administrator. Otherwise you'll get access denied error. -
In Windows 8, if you put the dlls in places other than C:\Windows or C:\Program Files, they will not be accessible in metro apps.
Uninstall
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Use
regsvr32
to unregisterPIMETextService.dll
. 64-bit system need to register both 32-bit and 64-bitPIMETextService.dll
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x86\PIMETextService.dll" (run as administrator) regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME\x64\PIMETextService.dll" (run as administrator)
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Remove
C:\Program Files (X86)\PIME
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NOTICE: the
regsvr32
command needs to be run as Administrator. Otherwise you'll get access denied error.
Bug Report
Please report any issue to here.