Category Archives: fcitx development
Road to Fcitx 5: 4. Compatibility for different im modules.
I have been always care about the compatibility. Fcitx 5 will be able to type with either fcitx 4’s im module, or fcitx 5’s im module. Fcitx 5’s im module will announce itself to accept both “fcitx5” and “fcitx”. Even … Continue reading
A case study: how to compile a Fcitx platforminputcontext plugin for a proprietary software that uses Qt 5
Due to the fact, that Qt 5 does not support XIM, the only way to type with fcitx under Qt is to use platforminputcontext plugin. The problem is that for some proprietary software like mathematica, it is impossible to use … 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
The Road to Fcitx 5: 1. libxcb replaces libX11
This is the first post of “Road to Fcitx 5”. I planned to talk about more the changes in Fcitx 5, and comments are welcome. Right now, I’m using Fcitx 5 from day to day. As you can see from … Continue reading
