Input methods (Emacs and others), plain X [was: Japanese input in Linux environment]

[<tomas@tuxteam.de>]

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On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 11:24:43AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

[changing subject, since only peripherally on-topic to thread]

> "plain" X, is that xterm and xpdf and the "x-"
> suite of applications, and starting X manually
> or semi-manually with xinit or startx and then
> configuring the .xinitrc and .Xresources,
> setting up keys with xbindkeys and so on?

Nearly. Xdm started at boot, session via window manager
(Fvwm). Pretty classic. Reached that point after a long
detour through Gnome and a short stay in XFCE.

> If so, I do that as well. It is possible people
> don't do that a lot.

That's my experience, yes.

> I suppose (?) I have Gnome components somewhere
> up and running as the only thing I did to get
> it inhibited was disable the login manager and
> instead launch what I want in X from .xinitrc.

That's the main difference between our setups, I think.

Cheers
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