Re: ibus + ibus-libpinyin in Gnome

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi again,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I wonder if we can do better here to provide a working configuration out
>>> of the box.  If even the author of the patch to add support for the
>>> GUIX_GTK3_IM_MODULE_FILE variable cannot remember setting it then we
>>> probably cannot expect users of input methods to figure this out by
>>> themselves.
>>>
>>> Perhaps some desktop service or home service should exist that sets
>>> these variables for the user (either in /etc/environment or per
>>> session)?
>>
>> Perhaps this should rather be the role of a search path specification?
>> That'd be ideal.
>
> The GUIX_GTK3_IM_MODULE_FILE variable is attached to gtk+, but a search
> path specification would require explicit installation of the gtk+
> package.  In other words, it would not really help here as gtk+ is
> rarely ever explicitly installed.

Or maybe it could simply be wrapped in a phase?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim