Can't type Japanese anymore

Can't type Japanese anymore

[Luis Felipe]

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Hello,

After upgrading recently to Guix System 9cb42f7, I can't type Japanese anymore. It disappeared from the list, even though I still have ibus-anthy installed.

Also, the workaround in https://issues.guix.gnu.org/35610 does not work anymore.

If you are using a more recent version of the system, can you type Japanese normally?


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

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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Yasuaki Kudo]

It has been a long time since I switched to Ubuntu (and I use Guix as an additional package manager in Ubuntu - this way I get maximum mainstream compatibility, which is very helpful for work, and the flexibility that comes with Guix! ) but just one thing I vaguely remember for situations like this - if you create another fresh user and try with almost no specific configuration in /home/another-user , would the problem still persist? 

When I used to use Guix, I almost continuously ran guix pull and rebuilt the system so I could immediately find when things broke!  😅
 
-Yasu



> On Dec 27, 2022, at 01:34, Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After upgrading recently to Guix System 9cb42f7, I can't type Japanese anymore. It disappeared from the list, even though I still have ibus-anthy installed.
> 
> Also, the workaround in https://issues.guix.gnu.org/35610 does not work anymore.
> 
> If you are using a more recent version of the system, can you type Japanese normally?
> 
> 
> ---
> Luis Felipe López Acevedo
> https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/
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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Luis Felipe]

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Hi Yasu,

On Monday, December 26th, 2022 at 22:17, Yasuaki Kudo <yasu@yasuaki.com> wrote:

> It has been a long time since I switched to Ubuntu (and I use Guix as an additional package manager in Ubuntu - this way I get maximum mainstream compatibility, which is very helpful for work, and the flexibility that comes with Guix! ) but just one thing I vaguely remember for situations like this - if you create another fresh user and try with almost no specific configuration in /home/another-user , would the problem still persist?

Unfortunatelly, yes. Although I tried on another Guix System that didn't have ibus set up yet. I did the ibus dance, could add input methods like Spanish, English, and switch between them normally with Super+Space, but Japanese (Anthy) was not listed as an available input method, even though it is installed.

But then I changed to my machine, went to GNOME Keyboard settings to see if I could try adding and using any of the other Japanese input methods and, lo and behold, Japanese (Anthy) was listed magically. But adding it and switching to it doesn't let me type Japanese, even with Hiragana input mode selected.

I'll restart my desktop session and hope for more magic events :)

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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Luis Felipe]

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On Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 at 21:07, Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> wrote:

> But then I changed to my machine, went to GNOME Keyboard settings to see if I could try adding and using any of the other Japanese input methods and, lo and behold, Japanese (Anthy) was listed magically. But adding it and switching to it doesn't let me type Japanese, even with Hiragana input mode selected.
> 

> I'll restart my desktop session and hope for more magic events :)

Now Japanese (Anthy) is gone again, both from the switcher and the list of input methods in ibus-settings and GNOME Keyboard settings...

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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Luis,

Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> After upgrading recently to Guix System 9cb42f7, I can't type Japanese
> anymore. It disappeared from the list, even though I still have
> ibus-anthy installed.
>
> Also, the workaround in https://issues.guix.gnu.org/35610 does not work anymore.
>
> If you are using a more recent version of the system, can you type Japanese normally?

I just tried, and it doesn't work for me either :-/.  Not sure if it's
cache related, or a more serious issue.

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Thanks,
Maxim

Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Luis Felipe]

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Hi Maxim,

On Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 at 03:42, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just tried, and it doesn't work for me either :-/. Not sure if it's
> cache related, or a more serious issue.

I don't know..., removing ~/.cache/ibus didn't seem to have any effect here anymore. It used to. I tried in two different machines.

At least it's not just me :)

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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Luis Felipe]

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On Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 at 21:14, Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Maxim,
> 

> On Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 at 03:42, Maxim Cournoyer maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com wrote:
> 

> > I just tried, and it doesn't work for me either :-/. Not sure if it's
> > cache related, or a more serious issue.
> 

> I don't know..., removing ~/.cache/ibus didn't seem to have any effect here anymore. It used to. I tried in two different machines.

It's been a month since I wrote this. Today, I came across a ".anthy" folder in my home directory, I trashed it, ran "ibus-daemon -dr" and Japanese is back (よかった～！).

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Re: Can't type Japanese anymore

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 at 21:14, Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Maxim,
>> 
>
>> On Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 at 03:42, Maxim Cournoyer maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>
>> > I just tried, and it doesn't work for me either :-/. Not sure if it's
>> > cache related, or a more serious issue.
>> 
>
>> I don't know..., removing ~/.cache/ibus didn't seem to have any effect here anymore. It used to. I tried in two different machines.
>
> It's been a month since I wrote this. Today, I came across a ".anthy" folder in my home directory, I trashed it, ran "ibus-daemon -dr" and Japanese is back (よかった～！).

Awesome, thanks for sharing!  Yet another case of a stale cache...

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Thanks,
Maxim