set up fcitx5 in Linux

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Main

Fcitx51 is a great input tools for Linux.

Installation

sudo apt install fcitx5
sudo apt fcitx5-rime

then copy the input method files to ~/.local/share/fcitx5/rime

Configuration

autostart

For DE, edit the ~/.xprofile, 

export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"

For WM, edit ~/.xinitrc 

# 确保 D-Bus 启动
eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)

export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"

fcitx5 &

disable shift switch

in rime schema 

switch_key: {Shift_L: noop, Shift_R: noop}

Footnotes:

1

https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Fcitx_5