Tutorials/Kimpanel

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KDE Input Method Panel

Translated "almost" verbatim from http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Kimpanel_(zh_CN) (deprecated due to new translation system)

KDE Input Method Panel is a panel Plasmoid for various input methods with concurrent Plasma theme.

Right click desktop, choose Add Widgets, place the Input Method Panel plasmoid wherever you prefer.

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

Tip

*Arch Linux users should follow Fcitx - ArchWiki.

Tip

*Kubuntu users should check fcitx-svn.

Install ibus as usual. Then

For Kubuntu 9.10 + KDE SC 4.4.x:

sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-kimpanel-backend-ibus

ibus-daemon --panel=/usr/lib/ibus/ibus-ui-kde

Note

ibus requires ibus-qt or ibus-qt4 to input special characters in KDE/Qt applications. (I doubt it --- there is XIM still.)

For Arch Linux:

ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib/kimpanel-ibus-panel

For Gentoo:

ibus-daemon -drx --panel=/usr/lib64/libexec/kimpanel-ibus-panel

Note

The panel path here is only for a 64-bit architecture. For other architectures, please change it accordingly.

If the Input Method Panel Plasmoid is absent, please check $QT_IM_MODULE and set that to ibus.