Before skim 0.9.0, this package was called scim-panel-kde. However, as the package contains more and more functionality beyond just a panel for libscim, so I decided to rename it to skim. As you can image, the name "skim" is conceived by replacing "c" in scim: a common approach in KDE community, isn't it? ;)

However, you can still find a program called scim-panel-kde in skim now. The difference between skim and scim-panel-kde is that: no matter what is set in skim config dialog under

->

, the plugin "SCIM Server" won't get loaded by the latter program. In a word, scim-panel-kde is meant to be used by scim-launcher (part of libscim) to start skim automatically.

(You may want to have a look at the source of scim-panel-kde: it is in fact only a shell wrapper of the real skim program.)