Tutorials/Kimpanel

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    KDE Input Method Panel

    Acknowledgement

    Translated "almost" verbatim from http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Kimpanel_(zh_CN) (deprecated due to new translation system)

    Introduction

    KDE Input Method Panel is a panel Plasmoid for various input methods with concurrent Plasma theme.

    Input Method Panel

    Right click desktop, choose Add Widgets, place the Input Method Panel plasmoid wherever you prefer.

    The KDE Input Method Panel Widget

    fcitx-dbus

    Support for Fcitx has been in trunk since r294. Users are encouraged to upgrade.

    svn co http://fcitx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk fcitx
    cd fcitx
    ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install

    Tip

    *Arch Linux users should follow Fcitx - ArchWiki.

    Tip

    *Kubuntu users should check fcitx-svn.


    IBus

    Install ibus as usual. Then

    For Kubuntu 9.10 + KDE SC 4.4.x:

    • install kimpanel-backend-ibus
    sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-kimpanel-backend-ibus
    • open systemsettings -> autostart, add
    ibus-daemon --panel=/usr/lib/ibus/ibus-ui-kde

    Note

    ibus requires ibus-qt or ibus-qt4 to input special characters in KDE/Qt applications. (I doubt it --- there is XIM still.)


    For Arch Linux:

    • open System Settings -> Autostart, add
    ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib/kimpanel-ibus-panel

    For Gentoo:

    • open System Settings -> Autostart, add
    ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib64/libexec/kimpanel-ibus-panel

    Note

    The panel path here is only for a 64-bit architecture. For other architectures, please change it accordingly.


    If the Input Method Panel Plasmoid is absent, please check $QT_IM_MODULE and set that to ibus.

    Links

    Suggestions for Input Method UIs (Chinese)

    Install kimpanel on a Fedora 10 notebook (Chinese)

    kimpanel + ibus (Chinese)