Tutorials/Kimpanel
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Acknowledgement
Translated "almost" verbatim from http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Kimpanel_(zh_CN) .
Introduction
"kimpanel" is a panel Plasmoid for various input methods with concurrent Plasma theme.
kimpanel
For Kubuntu 9.10 + KDE SC 4.4.x:
sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-kimpanel
right click desktop, choose "add widgets", place the "kimpanel" Plasmoid (likely "Input Method Panel") wherever you prefer.
- Arch Linux users please check kimpanel-plasmoid-svn in AUR.
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
- Arch Linux users should check fcitx-dbus-svn in AUR. fcitx-svn is okey though.
- Kubuntu users should check fcitx-svn.
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 systemsettings -> autostart ，add
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.)
If the "kimpanel" 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)