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The '''X Input Method''' (or '''XIM''') was the original [[input method]] framework for the [[X Window System]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Nye |first=Adrian |date=June 1994 |title=XLIB Programming Manual |url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/xlib-programming-manual/9780596806187/ch11s02.html |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=9780596806187}}</ref> It predates [[Intelligent Input Bus|IBus]], [[Smart Common Input Method|SCIM]], [[uim]] and [[IIIMF]]. The specification<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libX11/specs/XIM/xim.html |title=XIM specification |access-date=2011-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228041804/http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libX11/specs/XIM/xim.html |archive-date=2012-02-28 |deadurl-url=no |dfstatus=live }}</ref> is published most recently in 1994 by (and copyright held by) the [[X Consortium]]. Although rarely used today, XIM is historically notable and has been supported in the enterprise products of [[IBM]]<ref>[https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzatv/rzatvximetestededitors.htm IBM Knowledge Center: X Input Method (XIM) and Input Method Editors (IME) and encodings]</ref> and [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]].<ref>[https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19504-01/802-7789/6ibcsnfb6/index.html Oracle Asian Application Developer's Guide: Overview of the X Window System Input Method (XIM)]</ref>

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