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#REDIRECT [[Input methods#IBus]]
ibus is a multilingual input method. For imputing languages like Chinese.
 
 
==Configuration==
 
 
ibus works in trinity, with these three changes
 
 
1.applications need this variable in their environment
 
 
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
 
 
you can add it in ~/.bashrc
 
or in the terminal just before
 
launching the application
 
 
2. ibus in xim mode
 
 
ibus-daemon --xim -d
 
 
3.embed the preedit text, otherwise it appears at
 
the bottom left corner of the window.
 
in ibus applet
 
right click applet > preferences >
 
embed preedit text in application window
 
 
==Pit falls==
 
 
*if QT_IM_MODULE is defined even empty, it blocks ibus. Make sure it's not set anywhere. Remove it from any file, like ~/.xprofile or ~/.bashrc .
 
 
*You need to launch ibus first.
 
 
*If ibus closes while an app uses it, the app will crash.
 

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