Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

[Luis Felipe]

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Hello,

I upgraded my Guix system (currently on 17fadbb) and now I can type 
Japanese again (thanks, 宋文武). However, ibus input methods are working 
everywhere (GTK, GTK+, Qt) except in Emacs GTK+, which is unexpected 
because typing Japanese in Emacs used to just work before.  My current 
workaround is to start "emacs -nw" in a GNOME Console and then I can use 
ibus in it.

I thought that maybe something in Emacs 28.x had changed, but trying on 
a Debian 12 machine, I can use ibus normally in Emacs GTK+ without 
configuring anything.

If you're able to type Japanese (or use ibus input methods in general) 
in Emacs GTK+, did you have to do anything special?

Thanks,

-- 
Luis Felipe López Acevedo
https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/


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Re: Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

[宋文武]

Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I upgraded my Guix system (currently on 17fadbb) and now I can type
> Japanese again (thanks, 宋文武). However, ibus input methods are
> working everywhere (GTK, GTK+, Qt) except in Emacs GTK+, which is
> unexpected because typing Japanese in Emacs used to just work before. 
> My current workaround is to start "emacs -nw" in a GNOME Console and
> then I can use ibus in it.
>
> I thought that maybe something in Emacs 28.x had changed, but trying
> on a Debian 12 machine, I can use ibus normally in Emacs GTK+ without
> configuring anything.
>
> If you're able to type Japanese (or use ibus input methods in general)
> in Emacs GTK+, did you have to do anything special?
>

Well, Emacs use XIM, so you need set 'XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus' and run
ibus-daemon with the "--xim" / "-x" argument.

Hope this helps!

Re: Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

[Luis Felipe]

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Hi 宋文武,

El 7/08/23 a las 10:12, 宋文武 escribió:
> Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I upgraded my Guix system (currently on 17fadbb) and now I can type
>> Japanese again (thanks, 宋文武). However, ibus input methods are
>> working everywhere (GTK, GTK+, Qt) except in Emacs GTK+, which is
>> unexpected because typing Japanese in Emacs used to just work before.
>> My current workaround is to start "emacs -nw" in a GNOME Console and
>> then I can use ibus in it.
>>
>> I thought that maybe something in Emacs 28.x had changed, but trying
>> on a Debian 12 machine, I can use ibus normally in Emacs GTK+ without
>> configuring anything.
>>
>> If you're able to type Japanese (or use ibus input methods in general)
>> in Emacs GTK+, did you have to do anything special?
>>
> Well, Emacs use XIM, so you need set 'XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus' and run
> ibus-daemon with the "--xim" / "-x" argument.
>
> Hope this helps!

Yep, I had the variable set already but was running the daemon without 
-x. Problem solved.

Thanks again :)


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