Re: Input method change in GNU IceCat installed via Guix

[Zelphir Kaltstahl]

Since I installed Xubuntu to start with and only styled the bars, I am
fairly sure I am running XFCE 4 ; )

Why would the desktop environment config and system config on a standard
Xubuntu be Scheme files? I think you might be referring to a Guix SD
with XFCE4 system. That is not what I am running.

Thanks for your ideas though!

Regards,

Zelphir

On 5/12/19 3:33 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Sorry, I do not recognize it as Xfce4, but I do not know what it is,
> may be another theme, or may be another DE like Mate??
> Need to look into your system configuration file. This is a file used
> to build system, like /etc/config.scm
> it is using in 'guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm'. Can you
> attach it?
> For example, my config for my xfce4 environment is this now:
> https://gitgud.io/znavko/guix-configs/blob/master/config-xfce-wpa-dhclient.scm
>
> The lines are necessary:
> |(services (cons* ;; xfce4 desktop, dhcp-client, slim (service
> xfce-desktop-service-type) ;; this is me xfce4 service|
>
> So I need to look your config.scm
> Also I do not believe you use xfce4. Do you have such processes?
>
> # ps -ef | grep xfce
> bob 474 397 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh
> /gnu/store/idk8wyfb5bpay3gqqp70gs837anf9pwr-xfce4-session-4.12.1/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
> bob 486 474 0 15:13 ? 00:00:01 xfce4-session
> bob 489 1 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00 /home/bob/.guix-profile/bin/dbus-launch
> --sh-syntax --exit-with-session xfce4-session
> bob 509 1 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00
> /gnu/store/5zz8rlspw3qvr4idp4vryyn9r2szs4kx-xfconf-4.12.1/lib/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
> bob 515 486 0 15:13 ? 00:00:09 xfce4-panel --display :0.0
> --sm-client-id 248198f72-1aca-4421-8f98-ce6240c9426e
> bob 525 486 0 15:13 ? 00:00:04 xfce4-terminal --geometry=80x24
> --display :0.0 --role=xfce4-terminal-1557645126-40294034
> --show-menubar --show-borders --hide-toolbar --active-tab
> --working-directory /home/me --tab --working-directory /home/me --tab
> --working-directory /home/me --sm-client-id
> 204d2f364-dca9-4041-bcdc-1ab3ada0b3ab
> bob 531 1 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00 xfce4-power-manager --restart
> --sm-client-id 2b023f61e-2005-4f90-aae4-10d1a4ccf529
> bob 563 515 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00
> /gnu/store/jcrqg5bc7m6z231qdbc5m6hwdzvq3640-xfce4-panel-4.12.2/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0
> /run/current-system/profile/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libsystray.so 6
> 14680095 systray Notification Area Area where notification icons appear
> bob 566 515 0 15:13 ? 00:00:00
> /gnu/store/jcrqg5bc7m6z231qdbc5m6hwdzvq3640-xfce4-panel-4.12.2/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0
> /run/current-system/profile/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libbattery.so 11
> 14680096 battery Battery Monitor Show and monitor the battery status
> bob 568 515 1 15:13 ? 00:00:45
> /gnu/store/jcrqg5bc7m6z231qdbc5m6hwdzvq3640-xfce4-panel-4.12.2/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0
> /run/current-system/profile/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libpulseaudio-plugin.so
> 14 14680097 pulseaudio PulseAudio Plugin Adjust the audio volume of
> the PulseAudio sound system
> bob 570 515 0 15:13 ? 00:00:02
> /gnu/store/3jvgnm0az29xj73zq5n1i27c4nk5bwi7-xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.7.1/libexec/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin
> 12 14680098 xkb-plugin Keyboard Layouts Keyboard layouts setup and
> switch plugin
> root 2787 2778 0 16:27 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto xfce
>
>
> May 12, 2019 1:21 PM, "Zelphir Kaltstahl" <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden<address@hidden>>>
> wrote:
>
>     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 <mailto: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?
>>
>>     May 12, 2019 11:33 AM, "Zelphir Kaltstahl"
>>     <address@hidden
>>     <mailto:address@hidden<address@hidden>>>
>>     wrote:
>>
>>         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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