Questions tagged [ibus]
Intelligent Input Bus, Ubuntu's default and officially supported input framework.
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How to type iota subscript in ancient Greek using ibus with m17n
The m17n ancient Greek language input method works very well, including an almost complete set of diacritics. They are activated by typing the vowel followed by the modifier, such as / for acute ...
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Problem after installing ibus-avro
Accoding to the result, How ti install avro on linux i had tried sudo apt install ibus-avro and restart the system.
But the problem arises now. I can't login anymore. Even a new kind of login ...
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Ibus-avro is not working in Ubuntu 24.04 in LibreOffice
Yesterday my PC has been upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04. Earlier there was no problem for using Avro Phonetic in Libre. But after upgradation I cannot type bengali through Avro Phonetic in Libre Writer, ...
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How can I adjust the number of candidates shown in ibus for Chinese input on Ubuntu?
I am using ibus for Chinese input on Ubuntu, but I am unable to find an option to adjust the number of candidates displayed in the candidate window.
I have checked through dconf-editor but didn't ...
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ibus predictive text not working ubuntu 22.04
I'm new to ubuntu and really please with it a a replacement for windows. I'm very strong in linux most RHEL/OEL, however not with gnome or KDE
I have not been able to get ibus predictive text to work ...
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Can't write with any ibus input method (e.g. Bangla) in obsidian
I have installed ibus-avro in my ubuntu desktop 24.04 lts version . It works on any other app like terminal , libreoffice , browser but don't work in obsidian app.
I have create a topic in obsidian ...
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ibus not work for most application in ubuntu24.04LTS
Chinese pinyin not work recently, it work well 1 week ago.
It work well only in floder and setting, not work in other application, such as chrome and shell
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Problems with IBus Pinyin
In some system apps, there are problems in the video, and can't switch Chinese/English using shift key.
https://youtu.be/6AvGB9x5SLg
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How to toggle Korean (Hangul) with Alt_R key
On Ubuntu 22.04, I used the ibus-Hangul input method preference to add Alt_R key as the toggle key to switch between English and Korean.
On Ubuntu 24.04, that stopped working. I was looking for ways ...
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Can`t install ibis-anthy
I try to install anthy for Japan. I am using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Get this:
montes@montes-PT$ sudo apt install ibus-anthy
Reading package lists... Done
Building a dependency tree... Done
Reading status ...
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How do i create a child process of "ibus-ui-gtk3?"
Problem statement: Each time I reboot, I get a notification:
Please unset QT_IM_MODULE and GTK_IM_MODULE environment variables
and 'ibus-daemon --panel disable' should be executed as a child process
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Desktop Sharing not working Ubuntu 24.04
I have installed Ubuntu 24.04, but now I am having some difficulties trying to connect with Desktop Sharing from Windows Computer. If I try to to activate Desktop Sharing and Remote control, first it ...
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Super + space can't switch keyboard layouts when hiragana is active
I am using Ubuntu 24.04 with English and Japanese keyboards:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources gives
[('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'mozc-jp')].
The Japanese layout can input roman ...
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How can I use different IBus engines on different keyboard concurrently?
I work with several languages and need to toggle entry between different alphabets, for which I use dedicated keyboards. I can easily set up persistent layouts on each dedicated keyboard using ...
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XRDP won't start on Ubuntu 24.04
I just installed 24.04 Ubuntu on my Dell laptop, but I can't get xrdp to connect. It is listening fine on port 3389, but when I try to connect with Windows Remote Desktop Connection, it looks like it ...
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How to configure Japanese Input in 24.04 or CJK or non-Latin input in general?
I may be wrong, but it looks like ibus-anthy was dropped from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble).
This is surprising when you look over to Red Hat where ibus-anthy is also listed as the reference for Japanese ...
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Keyboard is not working at apps while I login as root
I am able to write in terminal and search bar at the search apps when I login as root but my keyboard does not working in Firefox, spotify, burpsuite or any other apps. I am also writing this from non-...
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How to use IBus instead of GNOME's input method manager on Ubuntu 22.04?
I followed the steps in the IBus GitHub wiki but it doesn't work. I can open the ibus-setup window and set 2 languages but I can't switch between them, I'm stuck on english input method.
I need Ibus ...
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Pinyin Chinese Input 20.04.3
I've read through a number of posts on the forum and guides elsewhere, but none of them have my exact issue or offer solutions that work.
I have a fresh Ubuntu 20.04.3 installation and need to be able ...
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Writing a script for automatic input method switching
I use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and want to write a bash script for Vim (it's just: output 1 if the current language is English and 2 if Russian, that simple). I don't ask you to write it for me, I just need ...
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ibus issue in 23.10: AltGr as deadkey no longer functional
I customized a keyboard layout for Sanskrit transliteration (sa-iast.mim) to use with ibus. It uses various deadkeys, including accents as well as also AltGr.
The syntax looks like this:
(map
(trans
((...
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Japanese input only works for system tools
I'm running Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar" (on Xorg, if that matters). Altough configured correctly(?) most of my windows don't respect my current input method:
I've configured Japanese Input with ...
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Tamil language input system broken on upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10
I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic) three days ago; i also installed updates yesterday (2023 Nov 21).
I have IBus 1.5.29-rc1 installed.
Since the upgrade I've been experiencing problems typing certain ...
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Comma appears in front of last typed word in IBus Pinyin input method
I'm using the IBus Chinese "Intelligent" Pinyin input method to enter Chinese characters. However, I noticed a problem when entering punctuation: While entering a Chinese word and NOT ...
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Unable to Input Chinese Characters Using Pinyin
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, and I'm trying to input Chinese characters using ibus and/or ibus-pinyin. The problem I face is that, no matter what input methods I try to switch to, I never see the expected pop-...
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ibus quit immediately when shut the terminal, ubuntu 22.04
as the title name, i open terminal in ubuntu 22.04, write the CLI$ ibus-daemon &, it runs and the switch language icon appear on top-right corner. But when i shut the terminal, the ibus shut too ...
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ibus configuration - Selecting a language by one key
This is the fcitx input method configuration.
I found the one key switch for a language is very useful than switch between two or multiple ones by Control+Space or Super+Space. I can type without ...
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'Line Break' or 'Shift+Enter' issue (when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled)
Issue Behaviour:
Can not add a line break with shift+enter. Nothing happens instead.
When occurs:
According to my tests if I enable English-US layout and "Bangla(Probhat)" layout shift+enter ...
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Chinese input does not work in Chrome (Ubuntu 23.04)
I have just installed Ubuntu 23.04 and found Chinese input does not work in Chrome. It does work on other applications, e.g. Firefox or gedit. Although the current status is set to "中" in ...
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Cannot use ibus on applications
I'm trying to install ibus. I changed my environment variable XMODIFIERS to ibus, then I log out and login, the variable still the old one, its doesn't change. I tried unset it and export it again but ...
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Unable to disable ctrl+shift+u Unicode input shortcut
I am trying to disable the unicode insert keyboard shortcut of ctrl+shift+u but no matter what I do it is still enabled and I don't understand why. I want to disable it because it interferes with ...
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iBus works in Firefox, but not in gedit, libre office or terminal
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and I installed iBus-bamboo for Vietnamese writing. I can switch to Vietnamese input method and type Vietnamese characters in firefox, but in gedit, terminal, libre office, ...
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Whatsapp Web as a Google Chrome webapp cannot take hangul input with ibus-setup
I am running xubuntu and use i3wm. Then I want to have Korean keyboard layout. I have followed suggestions on this question. Basically what I did was install ibus-setup-hangul and then run ibus-setup. ...
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How to stop automatic candidate insertion with ibus-table?
I’m using ibus-table (specifically, ibus-table-latex) and would like to disable the following behavior:
When I start typing something that triggers ibus-table’s candidate list (e. g. any part of \...
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ibus-table-latex trigger keybinding (or just documentation in general)
I’ve installed the ibus-table-latex package via APT and it works fine. However, I don’t see a way to re-bind (or disable) some of the triggers (backslash \, _, ^) that open the “candidate list”. In ...
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Ctrl-shift-e does not create vertical split on my Ubuntu 20.04 Machine
On my teminator, if I want to create a vertical split using ctrl-shift-e, I see an e with an underline, which I believe is emoji interception. I have tried deleting emoji annotation in ibus-setup (I ...
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Not able to type Hangul letters
I would like to occasionally type some hangul letters by pressing SUPER+SPACE and select "Korean" input. But I am not able to make it work yet on Ubuntu 22.04. When I press SUPER+SPACE I can ...
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How do ibus-setup, xfce4-keyboard-settings, /usr/share/m17n/, /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols relate to each other?
In ancient times it was ~/.Xmodmap, then I learned how to tweak keyboard settings via /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. Now I have
ibus-setup fed from /usr/share/m17n/ it seems
xfce4-keyboard-settings ...
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ibus does not work on chrome
I am using Xubuntu 22.04 and using ibus-cangjie.
It works just fine on every X app except for chrome, and it seems only inside applications such as google chat or slack. In chrome apps, often cangjie ...
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Can't switch layout with ctrl+shift with Tweaks
I use ibus with two layouts: Dvorak for Latin alphabets and Array for Chinese. I've been switching between the two using ctrl+shift, which I set up using gnome-tweaks, for months without any problem. ...
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Mate IBus not accepting changes to "next input method"
I'm on Ubuntu Mate, and when I change the "Next Input method" to "Alt Shift" so that I can switch input methods like I do on Windows.
However, even after restarting, typing "...
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Ubuntu 20.04 take too long time to open some apps after install an Input method
I still enjoy to use Ubuntu version 20.04 But recently I had a bit of a problem when I reinstalled the system in UEFI mode instead of Legacy. Exactly when I installed ibus-unikey as the new input ...
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Japanese (mozc) does not show up in 22.04
I've already uninstalled and reinstalled Japanese in my Language Support, but Japanese (mozc) does not show up. I didn't tried anything else so far besides that. I'm using iBus.
Keyboard layout.
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I-Bus widget visible after reboot although unchecked
The I-Bus widget is always on the panel after reboot although Preferences-Show icon on system tray is unchecked.
How to fix it?
I noticed it after upgrading Ubuntu from 20 to 22
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How to toggle foreign language keyboard?
I have Korean and English as my input sources. The Korean language toggle key is set to shift + space, however that does nothing discernible. Opening ibus (ibus-setup) shows the next input method is ...
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Is it possible to reproduce the Mac IME switching model?
On Macs, you can set up your language keyboard to toggle between various Japanese input methods and keyboards in the same "set":
In my case, with this, I can hit the "switch keyboard ...
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Chrome or chromium can not use ibus
I have ibus works fine in every apps (firefox, text editor) but not chromium or chrome
After figured it out I will post here if someone else had a same problem
Mine is ubuntu 18.04, zsh shell.
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Ibus anthy and ibus mozc don't seem to work on either firefox and chrome in 22.04
I'm on a clean installation of ubuntu 22.04. I've successively tried mozc and anthy, and they both worked in every application I've tested except for firefox. I then tested on chrome, and they don't ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, iBus Chinese input doesn't work with Nvidia driver
In Ubuntu 22.04, with the default Nouveau driver, iBus Chinese input works fine.
But with Nvidia driver (510 and 470 tested, maybe all of them), I can only input Chinese in Qt based applications and ...
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Cannot use input methods (iBus/fcitx) in WINE apps
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and KDE Plasma 5.18.8.
Recently, I installed WeChat on Crossover 21 and found that I cannot input Chinese characters using iBus input method. When I click the text entry ...
