Ubuntu
im-config package

Cannot enable IM inside Qt5 apps including webapp-container

Bug #1309885 reported by Nobuto Murata on 2014-04-19

This bug affects 6 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Ubuntu Translations	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
im-config (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #732396
im-config (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Unassigned
Trusty	Fix Released	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

debdiff for utopic:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/173673054/im-config_utopic_v2.debdiff
SRU debdiff for trusty:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/173673094/im-config_trusty-sru_v2.debdiff

[Impact]

* Cannot input languages which need IM(ibus, fcitx) in Qt5 apps, e.g. webapp-container, webbrowser-app, friends-app, etc.

[Test Case]
1. prepare ibus or fcitx environment with CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Korean) language, for example.
2. install and launch webbrowser-app
3. confirm that you cannot enable IM inside webbrowser-app
4. update im-config packages to -proposed one
5. logout from desktop session and re-login
6. confirm that now you can enable IM and input CJK language with ibus or fcitx.

[Regression Potential]

* This patch sets QT_IM_MODULE which might affect Qt4 app behaviour, both Qt5 and Qt4 app tests are preferred to make sure there is no regression for both sides. I used webbrowser-app(Qt5) and skype(Qt4) before attaching the patch.

[Other Info]
related discussion is debian bug report.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732396

-- original description --

WORKAROUND:
launch webapp-container with QT_IM_MODULE variable like the line below.

$ env QT_IM_MODULE=ibus webapp-container --app-id=Gmailmailgooglecom --webapp=XXXXXX --enable-back-forward --store-session-cookies

webapp-container looks like QT5 application, im-config needs to care about QT_IM_MODULE in addition to other *_IM_MODULE variables?

ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: im-config 0.24-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 19 17:23:15 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-15 (185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20131014)
PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: im-config
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

See original description

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lp:~nobuto/ubuntu/trusty/im-config/support-qt5 (Merged)

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-04-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (7.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (109 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-04-19:

An upstream debian bug is talking about setting QT_IM_MODULE for fcitx, but the idea is the same for fixing IM in QT5.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732396

Nobuto Murata (nobuto) on 2014-04-19

summary:

- Cannot enable ibus inside webapp-container
+ Cannot enable IM inside Qt5 apps including webapp-container

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-04-20

Changed in im-config (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-04-20:

Hi Nobuto,

To prepare for the SRU, you may want to edit the description to fit this SRU Bug Template:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#SRU_Bug_Template

Nobuto Murata (nobuto) on 2014-04-20

description:

updated

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-21:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Nobuto Murata (nobuto) on 2014-04-24

description:

updated

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-04-24:

Now that Debian released a fix for this bug, let me tweak Ubuntu patch along with Debian.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Nobuto MURATA (nobuto)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-04-24:

im-config_utopic_v2.debdiff Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain)

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-04-24:

im-config_trusty-sru_v2.debdiff Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain)

description:	updated
Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Nobuto MURATA (nobuto) → nobody
status:	In Progress → Confirmed

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2014-04-25:

#10

Uploaded to utopic and sitting in the pre-release freeze queue now.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-04-25

Changed in im-config (Debian):
status:	New → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-26:

#11

This bug was fixed in the package im-config - 0.24-1ubuntu5

---------------
im-config (0.24-1ubuntu5) utopic; urgency=medium

* debian/patches/02_support-qt5.patch:
To support Qt5, set QT_IM_MODULE(LP: #1309885)
-- Nobuto MURATA <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:55:58 +0900

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-28:

#12

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	New → Confirmed

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2014-04-28

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
importance:	Undecided → High

Aron Xu (happyaron) on 2014-04-30

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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Aron Xu (happyaron) wrote on 2014-05-04:

#13

Uploaded to trusty-proposed and waiting for approval, thanks!

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Triaged → In Progress

David Planella (dpm) on 2014-05-05

tags:

added: touch-cn

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-05:

#14

The fix in fresh im-config 0.24-1ubuntu4.1 didn't help - still couldn't switch to russian language in Qt Creator 3.0.1-0ubuntu4 on Trusty.

I could see the QT_IM_MODULE in the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70im-config_launch, but I guess it also should be used in /usr/share/im-config/data/79_xim.rc

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-05:

#15

Nope, unfortunately this didn't help either...

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#16

@Aurel: Can you please post the output of the command:

env | grep IM_

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#17

Sure:

CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
QT4_IM_MODULE=xim
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#18

Ok, thanks. Just wanted to make sure that ibus is the default framework and that QT_IM_MODULE is set.

Question: Is IBus really needed to input Russian?

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#19

Good question - I have disabled ibus:

CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
QT_IM_MODULE=xim
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
QT4_IM_MODULE=xim
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

But the result is the same - can't switch to russian in Qt Creator, though the language indicator is switching.

In other environments, including Skype - everythin's OK.

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#20

Had to revert to ibus - there is an old strange bug with xim - the "t" latin letter not displaying in Unity dash or HUD :)

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#21

Right, I think ibus should be enabled anyway to avoid surprises.

But doesn't this indicate that your problem with Qt Creator is a separate bug, and not related to this bug?

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#22

There already is another bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtcreator/+bug/1301937 - but with no reaction.

Just that I've seen yesterday's update of im-config and there was mention of the current bug, I thought it's title "Cannot enable IM inside Qt5 apps" to perfectly describe my problem too :)

Aron Xu (happyaron) on 2014-05-06

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	In Progress → Triaged

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-05-06:

#23

Looks like the person who approved the upload to trusty-proposed forgot to add a tag and ask for confirmation that it works as expected. So I just added the tag...

tags:

added: verification-needed

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Kazuhiro Takimoto (rohizuka) wrote on 2014-05-07:

#24

Hello
Just now I tested im-config from trusty-proposed.
I confirmed that can enable input fcitx by Starting the webbrowser-app.
thank you it works.

env | grep IM_
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
QT4_IM_MODULE=fcitx
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx

Tested package version:
$ apt-cache policy im-config
im-config:
  Installed: 0.24-1ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 0.24-1ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
*** 0.24-1ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://ubuntutym.u-toyama.ac.jp/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.24-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ubuntutym.u-toyama.ac.jp/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2014-05-07:

#25

Thanks, Kazuhiro.

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

Aron Xu (happyaron) on 2014-05-07

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Triaged → In Progress

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-05-07:

#26

Something wrong in SRU process. Bug member field of im-config in the status page below is empty.
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html

Anyway the proposed package seems accepted into trusty-proposed, setting the status accordingly.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote on 2014-05-27:

#27

Not sure why it didn't show up. I've released it now:

--- Releasing im-config ---
Proposed: 0.24-1ubuntu4.1
Release: 0.24-1ubuntu4
Copied to trusty-updates

Thanks for pointing it out.

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote on 2014-05-27:

#28

Thank you, Scott.

Changed in im-config (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Aurel Branzeanu (thunder-riscom) wrote on 2014-05-27:

#29

Working like a charm, thanks!!

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