=========== IBus-Plover

• Author: Benoit Pierre ([email protected])
• Source: https://github.com/benoit-pierre/ibus-plover

Dependencies

• [IBus] (https://code.google.com/p/ibus/)
• [Plover] (http://plover.stenoknight.com/)

N.B.: for QT support, you'll need a [patched version of ibus-qt] (https://github.com/benoit-pierre/ibus-qt/commit/8ec39b148347e0e3841231e47c5507025b5580db) to correctly handle strokes.

Quick Start

• install dependencies
• install ibus-plover globally (use the PKGBUILD in archlinux, or the Makefile install rule): this need to be done so the engine is registered to IBus (plover.xml must be copied in /usr/share/ibus/component)
• restart IBus: Plover should now be available in the English input methods list
• add Plover to the list of input methods: you will now be able to select it using the global shortcut or the systray menu

N.B.: the dictionaries from Plover configuration will be used.

Limitations

Due to the way IBus works:

• preedit text visualization can be buggy in some applications (like partially obscured because the application does not scroll automatically)
• committing text with a return does not work in all cases (work in Google Doc, but not when composing in GMail...)
• no state is saved when switching context (like applications): preedit text is lost
• also no way (that I found) to be able to detect which application an input context is used for (to tailor some settings based on application)

Debugging

If you run "python2 ./main.py" from the source directory, this will replace the engine with a debug version: you'll get some traces on stdout.

N.B.: ibus-plover must still be installed for this too work (so it's registered).