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- Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 09:51:31 -0400
- From: Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>
- Subject: Re: [tlug] fcitx
- References: <20140503201833.GA21651@scott1.scottro.net> <20140504122357.GC17688@camelia.2ion.de>
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On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 09:23:57PM +0900, Jens Oliver John wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 04:18:33PM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: > > So, does anyone use fcitx? Today, I gave it a stabl on Lubuntu, Mint, and > > Fedora. Documentation is bad, for example, one is told to run the > > configuration tool in Ubuntu based, at which point, one gets an error that > > you should install a different config tool. The tool itself, at least to > > me, is completely unintuitive. > > > > At any rate, does it run on minimal desktops? Is there any advantage over > > ibus-mozc, which for me, is a), well documented, as I've written about it, > > and b) works with minimal setup. > > > > I am not sure what you mean with 'minimal setup' -- but I use it in conjunction > with a stand-alone window manager, dwm, on a netbook. > That's what I meant, thank you. > As for advantages of fcitx-mozc over ibus-mozc, there are none in terms of the > 'mozc' part. Rather, in general fcitx exposes more features than ibus. Running > custom xmodmap scripts (or any script on layout changes), a configurable > clipboard/selection history, to mention some examples. I also didn't see an ibus > module for Qt5 support in Debian yet, which fcitx has been offering for some > time. > > So, as both frameworks are being actively developed and you seem to be content > with ibus-mozc, I don't see any compelling reasons to prefer the one over the > other. Thanks (and also thanks to Christian.) Both of you have answered my question. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
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