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SCIM supports three different input modes -- XIM mode, GTK IM mode, and Qt 3
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IM mode. The Qt 3 IM mode needs an unofficial patch for Qt 3, because
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Trolltech has said that such patch can't go into Qt 3 as it's considered too
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intrusive. Debian's Qt maintainers has included this patch into Qt 3 packages
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since version 3:3.3.5-4.
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Qt 4 has plans to officially support input methods, but the current status in
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Qt 4.3.2 is still not clear (at least to the author of this README). And
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there is currently no Qt 4 IM module support for SCIM in Debian.
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Therefore, Qt/KDE 3 applications can use either XIM mode or Qt 3 IM mode for
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SCIM. These can be easily set and changed with the im-switch package. The
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XIM mode support is included in scim package. To use Qt 3 IM mode, you also
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need to install scim-qtimm package. Qt/KDE 4 applications only have the
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option of XIM mode, but it should work just fine.
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When using XIM mode in Qt 3, You need to pay extra attention on two things:
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1. Both Qt and SCIM have their own settings for XIM style, so you need to make
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sure they match. There are two commonly used XIM styles, usually called "on
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the spot" and "over the spot". To change the style in SCIM, run scim-setup
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(or choose "SCIM Input Method Setup" from your menu), and go to the "FrontEnd
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-> Global Setup" page. The option to change XIM style is "Embed Preedit
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String into client window", when it is selected, you are using "on the spot"
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style; and when it is not selected, you are using "over the spot" style. To
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change the style in Qt, run qtconfig (or choose "Qt3 Configuration" from your
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menu), go to "Interface" tab, and choose the style in the "XIM Input Style"
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dropdown menu at the bottom. You usually don't need the "off the spot" or
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2. It is reported that some of the KDE applications don't work very well when
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using "on the spot" style. So if your application behaves strangely, you may
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want to try switching to "over the spot" style first.
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(Last updated by Ming Hua, on Sat, 13 Oct 2007)
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SCIM supports two different input modes for Qt -- XIM mode and Qt IM mode.
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Qt 4 applications can use either XIM mode or Qt 4 IM mode for SCIM.
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These can be easily set and changed with the im-switch package. The XIM
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mode support is included in scim package. To use Qt 4 IM mode, you also
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need to install scim-qt-immodule package (which depends on scim-im-agent).
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When using XIM mode in Qt, You need to pay extra attention on two things:
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1. Both Qt and SCIM have their own settings for XIM style, so you need to
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make sure they match. There are two commonly used XIM styles, usually
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called "on the spot" and "over the spot". To change the style in SCIM,
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run scim-setup (or choose "SCIM Input Method Setup" from your menu), and go
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to the "FrontEnd -> Global Setup" page. The option to change XIM style is
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"Embed Preedit String into client window", when it is selected, you are using
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"on the spot" style; and when it is not selected, you are using "over the
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spot" style. To change the style in Qt, run qtconfig go to "Interface" tab,
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and choose the style in the "XIM Input Style" dropdown menu at the bottom.
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You usually don't need the "off the spot" or "root" style.
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2. It is reported that some of the KDE applications don't work very well
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when using "on the spot" style. So if your application behaves strangely,
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you may want to try switching to "over the spot" style first.
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(Last updated by Tz-Huan Huang, on Thur, 28 Jun 2012)