Bug#990316: Add GLFW_IM_MODULE=fcitx on ibus and fcitx5 to enable IME in kitty
Hi,
On Fri, 2021-11-19 at 10:43 +0800, Yao Wei wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:50:22AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >
> > Wei, Please let us know XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP on the system you tested. What do you
> > get on sway system who try to use kitty?
>
> Hi,
>
> I am currently using sway without desktop manager. I am able to use
> fcitx5 on kitty in sway after setting GLFW_IM_MODULE=ibus, and if that
> variable is unset the IM is not operable in kitty.
>
> Regarding to the concern of the upstream developr, I don't observe
> performance hit after setting the variable. The only question I am having
> is that whether we should set that variable in im-config because that
> seems to be only used in kitty and nowhere else.
>
> The followings are the package versions I was testing with:
>
> fcitx5 5.0.9-2
> kitty 0.19.3-1
> sway 1.5.1-2
>
> Best regards,
> Yao Wei
Can you tell us XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP under sway?
One thing I feel odd is "GLFW_IM_MODULE=ibus".
Why not like?
* GLFW_IM_MODULE=fcitx5
* GLFW_IM_MODULE=fcitx
The upstrean web site has confusing comments.
Does fcitx5 and ibus use compatible API?
Osamu
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