Title: ibus-libpinyin.tcz Description: IBus front-end of Libpinyin Version: 1.11.1 Author: see site below Original-site: https://github.com/libpinyin/ibus-libpinyin Copying-policy: GPLv3 Size: 1.0M Extension_by: polikuo Tags: ibus libpinyin Traditional Simplified Chinese input method pinyin zhuyin bopomofo phonetic Comments: Tested on openbox and jwm with gedit (it sometime fails with jwm) Before you start, add "lang=zh_CN.utf8" in your boot code (zh_TW for Traditional) * Download and run getlocale.tcz, select "zh_CN.utf8" and install * Fetch any font that support UTF-8 (ex: unifont.tcz) * Load this extension * Start a window manager * Switch EN/Pinyin with keyboard: You should be able to use pinyin now, enjoy ~ ! ---------- Troubleshooting: If nothing happens, here're some common solutions * Environment variables (VERY IMPORTANT) "log out" then "log in" to refresh (type "exit" in prompt, then log in with "tc") Type "echo $XIM" in the terminal to verify (should be "ibus") Please refer to /etc/profile.d/ibus.sh in ibus.tcz * ibus-daemon didn't start Type "ibus engine" in terminal * Select Input Method Press + to switch between input methods Or run the GUI tool, ibus-setup, to change the settings ---------- For more details, please refer to the documents Check the startup script ~/X.d/ibus-chewing and adjust for your machine Or copy /usr/local/share/doc/ibus-chewing/startup_script.example example: Add "sleep 5" at the begining of the script if X didn't start ---------- Maintainer note: I don't use pinyin. If anyone is interested in maintaining the packages. Feel free to take over. Regards. polikuo ---------- Compiled for 11.x x86_64 ---------- Change-log: 2020/11/01 First version Current: 2020/11/01 First version