Tutorial: How to configure Ibus or fcitx input method for HelloSystem?

[ghost]

Hello, current i am linux user. i am good at using ubuntu . I would like to try HelloSystem, install it on my laptop. I am trying to figure out how to setup a chinese input method. I often told we can using Ibus or Fcitx. How to set up it on HelloSystem. Need some document to description us how to do it ,thanks.

[probonopd]

Hello @cnmade.

I have never used Ibus or Fcitx. I don't really understand how to test them. Lookging at the documentation, the following could work:

Run

sudo pkg install fcitx5-qt
desktop2app /usr/local/share/applications/fcitx5-configtool.desktop /Applications/Preferences

• Now you can run System -> Applications -> Preferences -> Fcitx 5 Configuration
• In the search box, search for "Chinese"
• Double click on the one you want. It should appear on the left
• On the left, select the one you want and press the "up" button so that it appears as the first in the list

I don't know what needs to be done then. Maybe you can test it.

The documentation also says:

Remember to set the environment variable XMODIFIERS:

        csh/tcsh:       setenv XMODIFIERS @im=fcitx
        sh/bash:        export XMODIFIERS='@im=fcitx'

For GTK+ programs, you may want to set:

        csh/tcsh:       setenv GTK_IM_MODULE fcitx/xim
        sh/bash:        export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx/xim

For Qt programs, you may want to set:

        csh/tcsh:       setenv QT_IM_MODULE fcitx
        sh/bash:        export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx

Please let me know how your experiments go. Perhaps we can include it by default in helloSystem. Thanks!

[ghost]

Thanks for your tips, i will try on latest Hello iso

[roired]

Good day,

I need to try this too. Multilanguage input is a must in my case (chinese, russian, latin). If fcitx works, I certainly think that should be included by default.

Will report outcome. Regards, RR

[probonopd]

Can you please give Fcitx a try, see whether it works, and maybe suggest a default configuration? I have never actually used since I don't speak languages that require it.

Thanks for testing.

[ghost]

I tried in latest testing iso. fcitx can be installed, but never works. I did ever thing tried.

IME can not grab the input window. i also set up the ~/.shrc and ~/.zshrc

export XMODIFIERS='@im=fcitx'
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx/xim

export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx

[probonopd]

Sorry to hear that. Does it work better on other FreeBSD based systems?

[louies0623]

Try ibus ,Try to see if it works.

[louies0623]

@probonopd ibus ghostBSD Scim FreeBSD Fcitx ghostBSD

[louies0623]

Sorry to hear that. Does it work better on other FreeBSD based systems?

I'm too lazy to install, so I went to find a picture to see, it's all in normal use.

[probonopd]

Since I don't speak Chinese I don't know how this needs to work. But if someone can give me the exact steps how to install/preconfigure an easy Qt (not Gtk!) based solution, I'd be happy to include it.

Ideally the user should not have to configure anything, just select "Chinese". Possible?

Thanks.

[louies0623]

https://github.com/ibus/ibus-qt

Ideally the user should not have to configure anything, just select "Chinese". Possible?

You have to face reality.

[louies0623]

@probonopd Chinese is not what you are used to. Only 26 letters can be put together to form a single word.

1. Bopomofo

2. Pinyin input

3. Cangjie input