diff -uNr kdebase.org/kate/view/kateview.cpp kdebase/kate/view/kateview.cpp
--- kdebase.org/kate/view/kateview.cpp	Thu May 17 12:14:17 2001
+++ kdebase/kate/view/kateview.cpp	Thu May 17 14:26:29 2001
@@ -1327,6 +1327,61 @@
   }
 }
 
+
+// by bumchul
+bool KateViewInternal::event( QEvent* e )
+{
+    if ( !QWidget::event(e) ) {
+        if ( e->type() == QXIMDRAWEVENT) {
+            return xim_preedit_draw( (QXIMDrawEvent*)e );
+        }
+        else if( e->type() == QXIMSTARTEVENT) {
+            return xim_preedit_start( (QXIMStartEvent*)e );
+        }
+        else if( e->type() == QXIMDONEEVENT) {
+            return xim_preedit_done( (QXIMDoneEvent*)e );
+        }
+        return FALSE;
+    } else {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+}
+
+bool KateViewInternal::xim_preedit_start(QXIMStartEvent* e)
+{
+    //debug("KWriteView::xim_preedit_start");
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+bool KateViewInternal::xim_preedit_draw(QXIMDrawEvent* e)
+{
+    VConfig c;
+
+    getVConfig(c);
+    int chg_first = e->getChangeFirst();
+    int chg_length = e->getChangeLength();
+    QString str = e->getString();
+
+    setUpdatesEnabled( FALSE );
+    for(int i = 0; i<chg_length; i++) {
+       myDoc->backspace(c);
+    }
+    myDoc->insertChars(c, str);
+
+    dispatchKeyPressEvent();
+
+    setUpdatesEnabled( TRUE );
+    myDoc->updateViews();
+
+       return TRUE;
+}
+
+bool KateViewInternal::xim_preedit_done(QXIMDoneEvent* e)
+{
+       //debug("KWriteView::xim_preedit_done");
+       return TRUE;
+}
+
 uint KateView::uniqueID = 0;
 
 KateView::KateView(KateDocument *doc, QWidget *parent, const char * name) : Kate::View (doc, parent, name), DCOPObject( (QString("KateView%1-%2").arg(doc->docID()).arg(uniqueID)).latin1())
@@ -3375,6 +3430,4 @@
         break;
     }
 }
-
-
 
diff -uNr kdebase.org/kate/view/kateview.h kdebase/kate/view/kateview.h
--- kdebase.org/kate/view/kateview.h	Thu May 17 12:14:17 2001
+++ kdebase/kate/view/kateview.h	Thu May 17 14:27:18 2001
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 
 #include "kateviewIface.h"
 
+// by bumchul
+#include <qximevent.h>
+
 class KToggleAction;
 class KActionMenu;
 class KAction;
@@ -281,6 +284,14 @@
   signals:
     // emitted when KateViewInternal is not handling its own URI drops
     void dropEventPass(QDropEvent*);
+
+  // by bumchul OnTheSpot functions
+  protected:
+    bool     event( QEvent * );
+  public:
+    bool xim_preedit_start(QXIMStartEvent* e);
+    bool xim_preedit_draw(QXIMDrawEvent* e);
+    bool xim_preedit_done(QXIMDoneEvent* e);
 };
 
 /**