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The Road to Fcitx 5: 7 Get event order right
I didn’t expect this to be a thing that is only fixed recently. And the fix itself goes through a little bit back and forth. So I’d just like to share it since it is an interesting experience. Between the … Continue reading
The Road to Fcitx 5: 6. Addon Loader
Due to a frequently request about adding scripting support to Fcitx, I tried to make Fcitx 5 able to be extended in a different way. During Fcitx 4 times, the addon must be written with Shared library and those assumptions … Continue reading
The Road to Fcitx 5: 5. Good news for people who use multiple display server
A big refactor in fcitx 5 is to enable it to support for multiple display server. This is not limited to X11 + wayland, but it means you can use fcitx with multiple X11 server. While such functionality may have … Continue reading
The Road to Fcitx 5: 3. You can (NOT) type on wayland (properly).
With a few recent changes on Fcitx 5, Fcitx can now be used to type on Wayland. (Even the window is rendered with EGL! .. ok this is not important) And as of today, I’d say it is the first and … Continue reading
The Road to Fcitx 5: 2. With multiple focus and multiple display in mind.
I’d like to clarify one thing about this series of articles first. All features described in this series are already implemented, because I do not fell comfortable about writing about vaporware. The purpose of this series is to share some … Continue reading
