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

    kimpanel is a panel Plasmoid for various input methods with concurrent Plasma theme.

    kimpanel

    Information

    kimpanel is in the kdeplasma-addons part of the KDE SC 4.4(.x) release, so you should update your system to KDE SC 4.4.x, install kimpanel via package manager.


    For Kubuntu 9.10 + KDE SC 4.4.x:

    sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-kimpanel

    Right click desktop, choose add widgets, place the kimpanel Plasmoid (possibly named "Input Method Panel") wherever you prefer.

    Tip

    Arch Linux users please check kimpanel-plasmoid-svn in AUR.


    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 check fcitx-dbus-svn in AUR. fcitx-svn is okey though.

    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.)


    If the kimpanel 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)