Re: getting scim to work on KDE
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Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On 10/24/07, H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wei Chen wrote:
>>
>>>>> 3. Run `im-switch -c` to configure the input method for the current
>>>>> user. Choose scim from the interactive user interface.
>>>> This was one step I had missed. The second one was to put:
>>>> #GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
>>>> GTK_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
>>>> #QT_IM_MODULE=xim
>>>> QT_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
>>>> in /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim. For which I had to install scim-bridge
>>>> package.
>>>> Then logging out and loggin back in gave me the SCIM toolbar in KDE
>>>> which is toggled using CTRL+Space.
>>>> Thanks a ton!
>>>> ->HS
>>>
>> Well, something doesn't seem to be right with my setup. Scim works in
>> Icedove, iceweasel and gaim. But it doesn't work in kate or konsole.
>> What am I missing?
>
> Scim is working for me in kde/qt apps. Here are my environmental
> variables:
>
> XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
> GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"
> XIM_PROGRAM="scim -d"
> QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
>
> I autostart scim with "scim -d"
> I have a large number of scim related packages installed, I don't
> know if all of them are relevant:
> scim
> scim-bridge-agent
> scim-bridge-client-gtk
> scim-bridge-client-qt
> scim-bridge-client-qt4
> scim-gtk2-immodule
> scim-qtimm
> scim-uim
> (plus lots of jp specific scim tools)
>
> I have these in a different file, but that shouldn't change anything.
> I based my setup on a tutorial on the Ubuntu Forums.
>
> You could also check out skim, which is some sort of KDE
> frontend for scim.
>
>
This is the first time that I hear of skim. I just looked into it
briefly. It looks very interesting. However, it seems that it does not
follow the standard im-switch launching convention, which may cause
problems when I occasionally switch to another desktop environment /
window manager. Is there an im-switch port of skim available? Thanks.
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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