Re: Input method change in GNU IceCat installed via Guix

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>]

I have a switcher in my panel, but it does not look like yours:

https://postimg.cc/Jyy7JSpt

It always shows the same keyboard icon whether or not I changed to
another IM in other application, which do not have the issue. Even when
I switch globally to Pinyin input, IceCat simply writes normal keyboard
characters. No Chinese character choice pops up. Basically I would not
know by only looking at Icecat, that anything changed, regardless of
which IM I choose. OK, I only have German and Chinese Pinyin installed
currently. But it seems Icecat is completely unaware of any IMs I set in
Fcitx.

On 5/12/19 2:50 PM, znavko@disroot.org wrote:
> Have you added the keyboard layout switcher applet to the Xfce4-panel
> ? screen: http://0x0.st/zAmH.png
> Does it change layout in Icecat with mouse click on it?
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> May 12, 2019 11:33 AM, "Zelphir Kaltstahl" <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com
> <mailto:zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com?to=%22Zelphir%20Kaltstahl%22%20<zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
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>     Hi,
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>     I am running Xfce4 and the display server is:
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>     $ ps -e | grep tty7 1319 tty7 00:14:38 Xorg
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>     What does "system config" entail?
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>     Regards,
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>     Zelphir
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>     On 5/12/19 12:41 PM, znavko@disroot.org
>     <mailto:znavko@disroot.org> wrote:
>>     Hello, Zelphir! I had such problem on Gnome+Wayland. It did not used another newly added layout, but only US even when I choose Russian in the applet in the gnome toolbar (the bar on top). It was for all apps under Gnome+Wayland. But I only tried to config system for it, so I had not purpose to solve it. I have no such problem in Xfce4. What is your desktop environment and display server? Also your system config might be needed. May 12, 2019 10:10 AM, "Zelphir Kaltstahl" <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com> <mailto:zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>     Hi Guix Users! Recently I installed GNU IceCat via Guix. A few days ago I noticed something: I cannot switch input method when the GNU IceCat window is focused. My shortcut was CTRL+tilde before and I already tried changing it to the more common CTRL+ALT+space, but that also does not work. To me it seems, that IceCat does not bubble up the keyboard event for this shortcut to the system and then the system (Xubuntu 18.04) does not notice, that I pressed the input method switching shortcut. But that is only a guess, as I do not really know how the order of keyboard event processing is organized. If it was only switching a few characters on the keyboard, I could live with simply typing differently, but when I want to input Chinese characters, I currently need to open another program, any text editor not having this issue, and then type there and copy paste it into IceCat. I am using Fcitx for input method management. My GNU IceCat version is `60.3.0esr (64-bit)`. Another application where it does not work is Emacs. However, there the useful built-in IM exists which can be switched to by: `C-u C-<backslash> chinese-py <return>` so I do not need it there. What can I do to make IM switching work when IceCat is focused? Regards, Zelphir
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