up vote 2 down vote favorite
2

I've tried to add Japanese input using this but it doesn't work for me. After restart I've no ibus running (checked by ps aux) and no Japanese (Anthy) in text input settings.

My default locale is English.

Update: Mentioned method works on fresh system but I can't figure out why it doesn't with my installation.

share|improve this question
    
Is IBus the selected input method system in Language Support? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jan 9 '16 at 14:10
    
Yes, of course it is. – gudvinr Jan 9 '16 at 14:19
    
What if you try to start ibus manually: ibus-daemon -dx? Also, can you please show us the output of cat ~/.xsession-errors. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jan 9 '16 at 15:33
    
Here's content of ~/.xsession-errors. I can't see anything related to ibus. Also, I can't see difference too if I start ibus manually via ibus-daemon -dx. – gudvinr Jan 9 '16 at 16:46
    
Actually, ibus daemon starts (there are ibus stuff like ibus-daemon/-ui/anthy engine/etc in process list) but I can't see Anthy in text entry settings. Maybe I can use it without adding another input source? Can I set hotkey or something for this? – gudvinr Jan 9 '16 at 16:57
up vote 1 down vote accepted

Ok, it's not a common problem and I have no idea why it doesn't work out of the box.

But after reading some fcitx docs I set all these envvars manually. Also I've to add fcitx to startup.

Now it works like expected. Maybe it'll help.

Thanks, Gunnar.

share|improve this answer
up vote 1 down vote

I solved going on "Insert text configuration" (sorry, it's translated from italian), removed "Japanese" and added "Japanese (Anthy) (Ibus)" See images below.

configuration window

share|improve this answer
    
I didn't have any ibus-related items in list as I mentioned in 1st post. – gudvinr Mar 14 '16 at 14:03
up vote 0 down vote

IMPORTANT EDIT: It doesn't work correctly yet.

I've just made it work on 14.04. I installed Anthy and the fcitx-anthy wrapper, then ran im-config choosing fcitx. Now I have two icons representing the input mode, with the standard one being useless.

enter image description here

The new one with the keyboard does all it should though. And no problems so far.

EDIT

So it looks in action:

enter image description here

And still no Anthy here:

enter image description here

がんばって。

EDIT

It broke after a reboot. Now it doesn't convert and causes problems while typing, like no backspace. The conversion list doesn't show up.

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.