CentOS - Aug 2017 - fcitx-anthy request (for Japanese users)

On 08/05/2017 02:45 PM, H wrote:
> On 08/05/2017 12:10 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 12:03:43PM -0400, H wrote:
>>>> - I just discovered all of this also works well in a note-type
field in KeePassX BUT
>>>>
>>>> - none of it works in firefox, thunderbird, libreoffice or
geany
>>>>
>>>> My setup is thus partly correct and I draw the conclusion that
KeePassX is compiled using a different window library than the other four
applications?
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone shed light on this?
>>>>
>>> Seems geany uses Qt and the other four use GTK libraries. My
problem is likely related to this, have to search for setup issues related to
GTK.
>>>
>> It might be worth creating a new user and seeing if it works for said
user.
>>
>> I don't know if you mentioned what desktop you use, but it might
also be
>> worth, with said new user, trying openbox (available from EPEL) or some
>> other less intrusive desk environment to see if there's something
Gnome is
>> doing.
>>
> I am using Mate. When in a terminal window I run
>
> XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.GB18030 GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx geany
>
> Geany seems work as expected, i.e., I can switch between the two western
keyboards and also activate pinyin using Ctrl-Space. There does seem to be some
bug in fcitx however in that sometimes switching in and out of pinyin also
changes the keyboards and the first time I am in geany launched as described,
Ctrl-Space does not work, I have to click the systray icon to switch to pinyin,
after that Ctrl-Space does work.
>
> For some reason my setup does not pick up the GTK_IM_MODULE setting when
launching a GTK program from the desktop...
>
> At least, that's what I think.
>
I am pleased to report that I now have fcitx working in terminal windows, geany,
firefox, thunderbird and LibreOffice, i.e., my main apps. I am now able to
switch between two western keyboards and pinyin.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:49:16PM -0400, H wrote:
> On 08/05/2017 02:45 PM, H wrote:
> > On 08/05/2017 12:10 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> > 
> I am pleased to report that I now have fcitx working in terminal windows,
geany, firefox, thunderbird and LibreOffice, i.e., my main apps. I am now able
to switch between two western keyboards and pinyin.
> 
Great, glad to hear it.  Thanks for following up. ;)


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On 08/15/2017 03:55 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:49:16PM -0400, H wrote:
>> On 08/05/2017 02:45 PM, H wrote:
>>> On 08/05/2017 12:10 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
>>>
>> I am pleased to report that I now have fcitx working in terminal
windows, geany, firefox, thunderbird and LibreOffice, i.e., my main apps. I am
now able to switch between two western keyboards and pinyin.
>>
> Great, glad to hear it.  Thanks for following up. ;)
>
>
One more issue: while I can now switch between the two western keyboards and
pinyin in the applications I use, as soon as I move between entry fields the
keyboard selection resets to the default. Very annoying when you are using a
second-choice western keyboard in an application and the keyboard selection
constantly resets as you move between entry fields.

The pinyin setting, on the other hand, remains as chosen which is the expected
behavior. I use the default Ctrl-Space to activate/deactivate pinyin and right
Ctrl-right Shift to move between the keyboard settings.

Given the absence of a graphical configuration tool for fcitx in CentOS I am not
sure where/how I can change the behavior for keyboard selection so that it does
not change within any given application. Scott, do you know?

Thank you.