Comment 2 for bug 250948

I have checked out http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ for m17n packages, include m17n-db, m17n-contrib and scim-m17n.
Unfortunately, I found freestyle still not yet supported. The changes to Vietnamese input method for scim are very small. In fact, no one notices about changes if they do not look at source of .mim file.

Please keep in mind that 99,9% Vietnamese people using either Vni or Telex, and they all type with freestyle. About 20% people can read and write viqr, for SMS, IM and email that only support ascii. Since viqr word are pictographic, input method is not required.

Hope this give a little help,
Tran,