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im-config package

Problem with some arabic caracters

Bug #1596181 reported by Faissal Chamekh
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Bug Description

With im-switch i've been using this command:
> sudo update-alternatives --set xinput-all_ALL /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default-xim
to solve some arabic character problem.
But now i can't and i get this error
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for xinput-all_ALL

how can i solve that using im-config?

Regard.

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Faissal Chamekh (chamfay)
description: updated
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Try to run:

im-config -n xim

and relogin. Please let us know if that fixes it.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
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Faissal Chamekh (chamfay) wrote :

Fixed, and work fine!

Thank you so much ;)

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Great! Closing, then.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Faissal Chamekh (chamfay) wrote :

Hi,
the problem fixed in Xubuntu 16.04
but when i use Ubuntu gnome 16.04, the problem sill existed :(

any idea?

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Incomplete
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Ubuntu GNOME is a special case, and actually I'm trying to fix it via bug #1594681.

Would be great if you could try a workaround. Open the ~/.profile file for editing and add these lines:

export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
export XMODIFIERS=@im=xim

Then log out and log in again.

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Faissal Chamekh (chamfay) wrote :

The same problem, after add lines.

I attach im-config ui.
and as you can see, there 2 available input methods, how can i remove ibus?
and can i fore=c current automatic choice to use xim or none like i see in xfce?

Regards.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

You can't remove ibus easily. Enabling xim is what we are trying to do now.

Please show us the output of this command:

printenv | grep -E '(_IM|XMOD)'

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

I just tried those lines in ~/.profile on Ubuntu GNOME, and it didn't help for me either. The problem is that GNOME is tightly tied to IBus nowadays - it's bug #1594681, and it's not resolved yet. Please feel free to subscribe to it.

So my advice for now: Avoid Ubuntu GNOME if you want flexibility as regards input sources.

Closing this bug again. The issue is not an im-config bug.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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