Re: [PATCH] Add an option to not reduce vocabulary of the Japanese

[Taiju HIGASHI]

>> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, higashi@taiju.info
>> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:52:32 -0400
>>
>>   > The Japanese dictionary bundled with Emacs has a small vocabulary.
>>
>> Why do we include a Japanese dictionary in Emacs?
>> Free dictionaries are good things, but we don't normally package them
>> as part of Emacs.
>>
>> Is this needed for a Japanese input method?
>
> Yes, it's needed for the Japanese input methods.  That's the only
> reason we have that dictionary in Emacs.

I do not know the historical background. But I am sure that a dictionary
is necessary for Japanese input methods.
Personally, I am very grateful to have a dictionary optimized for use
with Emacs.
Because Japanese input requires frequent Kanji conversion, for which low
latency is very important.

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Taiju