Re: [tlug] fcitx

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

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.  

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