From: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg@gnome.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:41:55 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: inputMethod: Equate empty preedit string to null
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inputMethod: Equate empty preedit string to null

If we get '' from the IM as the preedit string, it is pretty safe
to handle it as "no preedit" altogether.

(Cherry-picked from commit 286cfdc6d48dc4315df54d29d7d16b5198d92a56)
---

diff --git a/js/misc/inputMethod.js b/js/misc/inputMethod.js
index 1f9eaee7a..7de7540d3 100644
--- a/js/misc/inputMethod.js
+++ b/js/misc/inputMethod.js
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class InputMethod extends Clutter.InputMethod {
             return;
 
         let preedit = text.get_text();
+        if (preedit === '')
+            preedit = null;
 
         if (visible)
             this.set_preedit_text(preedit, pos, mode);