Re: Using ibus input methods in Emacs GTK+

[Luis Felipe]

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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