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Weng Xuetian at 18:34, 6 October 2023

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	=== Binary Qt application ===		=== Binary Qt application ===
	Due to Qt 5 does not support XIM, and it only bundles ibus im module, you may want to set `QT_IM_MODULE=ibus` for Qt application that does not use your system Qt library. (It may still not work because certain Qt application does not even bundle any im module).		Due to Qt 5 does not support XIM, and it only bundles ibus im module, you may want to set `QT_IM_MODULE=ibus` for Qt application that does not use your system Qt library. (It may still not work because certain Qt application does not even bundle any im module).

			= DBus =
			On most distribution that ships with systemd, this should no longer be an issue. But if you are using some so called "systemd" free distribution, you may need to start DBus yourself and set the relevant environment variables. Usually, this can be done by adding a line in like this in your start up script. E.g. ~/.xprofile if you are using X11. Also you need to make sure this syntax works for your login shell.

			<nowiki>eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`</nowiki>

	= Configure Fcitx 5 =		= Configure Fcitx 5 =

Weng Xuetian at 05:44, 19 April 2022

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   <nowiki>mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart && cp /usr/share/applications/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop ~/.config/autostart</nowiki>
-== Window Manager ==
+== KWin Wayland 5.24+ ==
-Window Manager may not support XDG Autostart, please check your Window Manager manual about how to automatically launch a program upon start.
+Simply open systemsettings, go to the "Virtual Keyboard" section, change the input method from "None" to "Fcitx 5".
 = Environment variables =

Weng Xuetian at 03:49, 17 April 2022

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	Some may argue that <code>~/.profile</code> is a shell agnostic solution, which is wrong. While GDM always source this file, SDDM/Bash would not source this file if <code>~/.bash_profile</code> presents. This makes <code>~/.bash_profile</code> a better solution because bash is quite widely used. But check your login shell before proceeding, some distribution may not use bash as default shell.		Some may argue that <code>~/.profile</code> is a shell agnostic solution, which is wrong. While GDM always source this file, SDDM/Bash would not source this file if <code>~/.bash_profile</code> presents. This makes <code>~/.bash_profile</code> a better solution because bash is quite widely used. But check your login shell before proceeding, some distribution may not use bash as default shell.

			Here is an [https://youtu.be/8XDmLr6wb4M video] on how to manual setup environment variable on Archlinux

	== /etc/profile ==		== /etc/profile ==

Weng Xuetian: /* imsettings (Fedora) */

2022-04-04T03:00:27Z

imsettings (Fedora)

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	A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used. Under default installation, imsettings should be installed by default, if not, you may install that. imsettings can setup the environment variable and also launch the input method correspondingly. It also provides a graphical frontend [https://pkgs.org/search/?q=im-chooser im-chooser] to change the configuration. What you need to do is simply execute <code>im-chooser</code>, log-out and log-in again.		A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used. Under default installation, imsettings should be installed by default, if not, you may install that. imsettings can setup the environment variable and also launch the input method correspondingly. It also provides a graphical frontend [https://pkgs.org/search/?q=im-chooser im-chooser] to change the configuration. What you need to do is simply execute <code>im-chooser</code>, log-out and log-in again.

	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwqTtGEN4vQ Video instruction for Fedora 36 KDE]		[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwqTtGEN4vQ Video instruction for Fedora 36 KDE]. This instruction should work for other non-GNOME XDG-compliance desktop.

	=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===		=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===

Weng Xuetian at 02:58, 4 April 2022

2022-04-04T02:58:36Z

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	=== imsettings (Fedora) ===		=== imsettings (Fedora) ===
	A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used. Under default installation, imsettings should be installed by default, if not, you may install that. imsettings can setup the environment variable and also launch the input method correspondingly. It also provides a graphical frontend [https://pkgs.org/search/?q=im-chooser im-chooser] to change the configuration. What you need to do is simply execute <code>im-chooser</code>, log-out and log-in again.		A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used. Under default installation, imsettings should be installed by default, if not, you may install that. imsettings can setup the environment variable and also launch the input method correspondingly. It also provides a graphical frontend [https://pkgs.org/search/?q=im-chooser im-chooser] to change the configuration. What you need to do is simply execute <code>im-chooser</code>, log-out and log-in again.

			[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwqTtGEN4vQ Video instruction for Fedora 36 KDE]

	=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===		=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===

Weng Xuetian at 22:56, 25 March 2022

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	=== imsettings (Fedora) ===		=== imsettings (Fedora) ===
	A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used.		A program that is similar to im-config, and it also provides a GUI to select the input method framework to be used. Under default installation, imsettings should be installed by default, if not, you may install that. imsettings can setup the environment variable and also launch the input method correspondingly. It also provides a graphical frontend [https://pkgs.org/search/?q=im-chooser im-chooser] to change the configuration. What you need to do is simply execute <code>im-chooser</code>, log-out and log-in again.

	=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===		=== fcitx5-autostart (Fedora) ===

Weng Xuetian at 21:12, 8 March 2022

2022-03-08T21:12:52Z

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	Though it looks like valid shell script, please NOTE that the snippet above is just to demonstrate what these value gonna be. Please check the section below for concrete syntax for different methods.		Though it looks like valid shell script, please NOTE that the snippet above is just to demonstrate what these value gonna be. Please check the section below for concrete syntax for different methods.

	== Login in shell profile ==		== Login shell profile ==
	If you are using Bash as your login shell, <code>~/.bash_profile</code> is the best user-level thing you can rely on. It is widely supported by different DMs and will also work if you start graphics from TTY.		If you are using Bash as your login shell, <code>~/.bash_profile</code> is the best user-level thing you can rely on. It is widely supported by different DMs and will also work if you start graphics from TTY.

Weng Xuetian: /* Login in shell profile */

2021-11-18T06:39:56Z

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	== Login in shell profile ==		== Login in shell profile ==
	If you are using Bash as your login shell, <code>~/.bash_profile</code> is the best user-level thing you can ~~relies~~ on. It is widely supported by different DMs and will also work if you start graphics from TTY.		If you are using Bash as your login shell, <code>~/.bash_profile</code> is the best user-level thing you can rely on. It is widely supported by different DMs and will also work if you start graphics from TTY.

	* Supported by mainstream Display manager, including GDM/SDDM/LightDM		* Supported by mainstream Display manager, including GDM/SDDM/LightDM

Weng Xuetian: /* ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/.sh /

2021-11-18T06:39:20Z

~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/*.sh

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	Please '''NOTE''' that the syntax is different from shell script.		Please '''NOTE''' that the syntax is different from shell script.

	=== ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/*.sh ===		== ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/*.sh ==
	A env script location that only works for Plasma desktop, you need to create your own .sh file, e.g. <code>~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/im.sh</code> and put the code snippet same as [[Special:myLanguage/Setup Fcitx 5#Login in shell profile\|login shell]].		A env script location that only works for Plasma desktop, you need to create your own .sh file, e.g. <code>~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/im.sh</code> and put the code snippet same as [[Special:myLanguage/Setup Fcitx 5#Login in shell profile\|login shell]].

	== Other less common setup ==		== Other less common setup ==