Subject: Re: bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 20:45:19 +0200

>>   C-1 C-\  activates the first input methods in the list of input methods
>>   C-2 C-\  second
>>   C-3 C-\  third
>>   ...
>>   C-0 C-\  deactivates the currently active input method
>
> The problem with this system is that the user needs to remember which
> IM is the first and which the second.

The user already needs to remember the sequence of configured keyboard layouts
to be able to cycle them without looking at the indicator of the current layout.
The problem that makes such cycling annoying is that when the user forgets
what is the current layout, cycling selects a wrong layout.  Using a number
to select the layout avoids such a problem.