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; Mention in PROBLEMS the issue with XIM character-selection window

* etc/PROBLEMS: Describe the annoying XIM popup window.  Suggested
by Francesco Potortì <pot@potorti.it>.  (Bug#79423)
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Eli Zaretskii 2026-01-03 12:30:12 +02:00
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@ -1382,6 +1382,19 @@ these problems by disabling XIM in your X resources:
Emacs.useXIM: false
** When the compose key is pressed, a small window appears that won't go away
In some circumstances, pressing the compose key under X pops up a small
character-selection window next to the cursor, which can be moved but
not closed; it disappears when some window manager operation is
performed, like creating or deleting a window. You can prevent this
window from appearing by completely disabling the X input method (XIM).
If this is acceptable to you, you should set the 'XMODIFIERS'
environment variable to the value '@im=none', and export it before
calling Emacs, for example by invoking Emacs like so:
env XMODIFIERS=@im=none emacs
** On Haiku, BeCJK doesn't work properly with Emacs
Some popular Haiku input methods such BeCJK are known to behave badly