Re: [tlug] Japanese writing does not work

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 08:19:40AM -0500, Jens John wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, at 10:40, Furkan Mustafa wrote:
> > export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
> > export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
> > export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
> 
> This will /should(?) only work when ibus-daemon is launched with the --xim parameter. Depending on these many desktop environments, it may or may not be launched like this.
> 
> The parent could provide or compare for his working and non-working sessions:
> 
>  * environment (env), perhaps from a terminal (check the variables Furkan mentioned)
>  * ibus-daemon launch arguments (ps axuf or so)
>  * dbus-session setup (can also be checked from environment variables above: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS must be set)

I know at one point, first found it on FreeBSD, but also had the same
problem on some Linux installs, I had to run a little script to get ibus to
switch to and from Japanese.  I mention it on my page on Japanese input
http://srobb.net/jpninpt.html in the FreeBSD section.  Go to the FreeBSD
section and do a search for engine, the script is there.

But, I gave up on ibus, finding it to get worse in most versions of Linux
and FreeBSD, at least with the window manager choices I was making and
switched over to fcitx. I find it more reliable.

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