Re: Input method change in GNU IceCat installed via Guix

[Zelphir Kaltstahl]

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, address@hidden 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" <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden<address@hidden>>>
> wrote:
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>     Hi,
>
>     I am running Xfce4 and the display server is:
>
>     $ ps -e | grep tty7 1319 tty7 00:14:38 Xorg
>
>     What does "system config" entail?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Zelphir
>
>     On 5/12/19 12:41 PM, address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden> 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" <address@hidden> 
>> <mailto:address@hidden> 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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