====== Input method in FreeBSD virtual terminal (Week 11) ======

Date: 08/16-08/22

===== Progress =====

This week I was preparing for my work product for the %%GSoC%% final evaluation. Things I did include:
  * Doing the style checks on the cloned kernel source code  
  * Writing a report for what I'd done
  * Adding descriptions of how to build the project

You can find the project materials in https://github.com/Cycatz/GSoC2021.

===== Final Summary =====

==== Thought ====

This is the first time I participated in %%GSoC%% and contributed to %%FreeBSD%%. In the beginning, both one of my mentor [[/LiWenHsu|LiWenHsu]] and I thought the project goal is challenging and difficult, since I'd never read the %%FreeBSD%% kernel souce code, let alone modified the kernel. Fortunately, [[/LiWenHsu|LiWenHsu]] and another mentor, [[/PhilipPaeps|PhilipPaeps]], helped me a lot, specifically answering my questions and giving me many advices when I was stuck. Finally, I was cheerful to announce this project had been done and met most of my expectations stated in the proposal. Also, I greatly appreciated the opportunity to take part in %%FreeBSD%% project.

==== Future Work ====

=== Backend ===
  * Rewrite the backend in C
    * For being integrated into base
  * Support more IME features
    * e.g., candidate selction, schema selction and etc.
  * Support various IME libraries
  * Find a better way for communication between kernel and user space

=== Frontend ===
  * Improve the display flow of the IME status in ''%%vt%%''
  * Allow the user to customize IME frontend settings
    * For example, using ''%%sysctl(8)%%'' to set keybindings