{"id":1914,"date":"2019-08-31T22:18:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T06:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T00:04:47","slug":"input-methods-ime-in-linux-fcitx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/31\/input-methods-ime-in-linux-fcitx\/","title":{"rendered":"Input Methods (IME) in Linux: Fcitx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IBus is considered as retiring, but it&#8217;s still the default in MX Linux. Because the only Cantonese IME in Linux that allows me to swear is Andrew Choi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sixthhappiness.github.io\/articles\/cantonese-AI-phonetic-IM-year-of-the-dog-release\/index.html\">CAP<\/a>, which runs on fcitx, I settled for fcitx as my default IME engine.<\/p>\n<p>Languages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cantonese: Download the debian package for CAP<\/li>\n<li>Japanese: Mozc is already installed<\/li>\n<li>Simplified Chinese: Pinyin is already installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shortcuts (Very much like Windows):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ctrl + Space: turn it on\/off<\/li>\n<li>Ctrl + Shift: switch between languages<\/li>\n<li>Shift: in and out of\u00a0temporary English mode (inactivate) within the language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve moved the contents of setting Fcitx CAP to this <a href=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/17\/how-to-get-a-cap-cantonese-ime-w-swearwords-and-coexist-with-mozc-japanese-ime-in-linux\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3781\">page<\/a> as the release fcitx5 turned this already tricky process into a maze.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_1914\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1914\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBus is considered as retiring, but it&#8217;s still the default in MX Linux. 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