Fcitx5

Fcitx is a lightweight input method framework that provides environment-independent language support for Linux. The development energy mainly focuses on the release of the new version 5.

Install

command -v apt && sudo apt install fcitx5 fcitx5-chewing fcitx5-material-color
command -v pacman && sudo pacman -S fcitx5-im fcitx5-chewing fcitx5-material-color

Setup

If fcitx does not load on startup, add the following lines to ~/.xprofile or ~/.profile.

export INPUT_METHOD=fcitx5
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx5
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx5
export XMODIFIERS=\@im=fcitx5