Tutorials/Kimpanel
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KDE Input Method Panel
Acknowledgement
Translated "almost" verbatim from http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Kimpanel_(zh_CN) (deprecated due to new translation system)
Introduction
KDE Input Method Panel is a panel Plasmoid for various input methods with concurrent Plasma theme.
Input Method Panel
Right click desktop, choose
, place the plasmoid wherever you prefer.
fcitx-dbus

Support for Fcitx has been in trunk since r294. Users are encouraged to upgrade.
svn co http://fcitx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk fcitx cd fcitx ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install
IBus

Install ibus as usual. Then
For Kubuntu 9.10 + KDE SC 4.4.x:
- install kimpanel-backend-ibus
sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-kimpanel-backend-ibus
- open -> , add
ibus-daemon --panel=/usr/lib/ibus/ibus-ui-kde
For Arch Linux:
- open -> , add
ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib/kimpanel-ibus-panel
For Gentoo:
- open -> , add
ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib64/libexec/kimpanel-ibus-panel
If the Input Method Panel Plasmoid is absent, please check $QT_IM_MODULE and set that to ibus.
Links
Suggestions for Input Method UIs (Chinese)
Install kimpanel on a Fedora 10 notebook (Chinese)