Cangjie input method not showing on Debian 9.4 (Stretch)

[Ryan Lue]

Hi all,

Is this mailing list still active?

I installed fcitx and fcitx-zhuyin on Debian 9.4 Stretch, and it works perfectly! I've got it running in fbterm and everything — really, it's very cool.

I wanted to add Cangjie too. The closest package I found in APT was `fcitx-table-cangjie`. I installed `fcitx-table-all` just to be safe, and now I have a bunch of new Chinese input methods — but still no Cangjie!

The configuration menu for most of the IMs above has an "Other" section that lists a table/cangjie.conf file, but I haven't been able to actually type in Cangjie, no matter how much I play with the settings:

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Ryan

[Weng Xuetian]

Did you have any file under ~/.config/fcitx/table/  that make cangjie invalid?

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[Ryan Lue]

Sorry for the delay! I just reinstalled Debian. Totally fresh
installation, no pre-existing .config/fcitx directory, and it still
isn’t showing.

To be clear:

* I’m on Debian Stretch (9.4).
* Zhuyin (bopomofo) works.
* ~/.config/fcitx exists.
* ~/.config/fcitx/table does not exist.
* fcitx-table-cangjie is installed.
* no other fcitx-table packages are installed
(other candidates include fcitx-table-all, fcitx-table-cangjie-big,
fcitx-table-cangjie-3, and fcitx-table-cangjie5).

Any suggestions? I’d really love to get it working!

—Ryan

On 2018 Apr 13, Weng Xuetian wrote:
> Did you have any file under ~/.config/fcitx/table/ that make cangjie
> invalid?
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Ryan Lue <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is this mailing list still active?
> >
> > I installed fcitx and fcitx-zhuyin on Debian 9.4 Stretch, and it works
> > perfectly! I've got it running in fbterm and everything — really, it's

> > *very* cool.

> >
> > I wanted to add Cangjie too. The closest package I found in APT was
> > `fcitx-table-cangjie`. I installed `fcitx-table-all` just to be safe, and
> > now I have a bunch of new Chinese input methods — but still no Cangjie!
> >
> >

> > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uJP4gsIcEKc/Ws7dQrzyIWI/AAAAAAAAKh4/-wSLz_ZmT0UcgwAEmWdUQ-upyT7UNz08ACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20180412_121344.png>

> >
> > The configuration menu for most of the IMs above has an "Other" section
> > that lists a table/cangjie.conf file, but I haven't been able to actually
> > type in Cangjie, no matter how much I play with the settings:
> >
> >

> > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yGuvNwK49tM/Ws7dhrjfSPI/AAAAAAAAKh8/CcY3EeZnloAJliiWC9Je2sNCC50SchQvQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot_20180412_120907.png>

> >
> > Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> >
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[Ryan Lue]

Alright, on further experimentation:

* fcitx-table-cangjie3 works
* fcitx-table-cangjie5 works
* fcitx-table-cangjie-big works
* fcitx-table-cangjie DOES NOT work

Can anyone explain to me the difference between these four cangjie
tables, and why I might choose one over the other? or is that beyond the
scope of this mailing list? (I tried google and wikipedia, and did not
learn anything concrete.)

—Ryan

[Boyuan Yang]

Hi there,

As one of the de facto fcitx contributors/maintainer of fcitx in Debian,
I'm writing to acknowledge
that I am aware of this issue. However, my time is limited and I may not be
able to dig into it
recently. You might could also file a bug report to fcitx inside Debian so
that this issue is not
forgotten later.

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Regards,
Boyuan Yang


Ryan Lue <ryan...@gmail.com> 于2018年5月7日周一 上午11:59写道：

[Boyuan Yang]

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 11:59 PM Ryan Lue <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alright, on further experimentation:
>
> * fcitx-table-cangjie3 works
> * fcitx-table-cangjie5 works
> * fcitx-table-cangjie-big works
> * fcitx-table-cangjie DOES NOT work
>
> Can anyone explain to me the difference between these four cangjie
> tables, and why I might choose one over the other? or is that beyond the
> scope of this mailing list? (I tried google and wikipedia, and did not
> learn anything concrete.)

A very very late update: according to the fcitx author, the original
fcitx-table-cangjie was disabled intentionally in upstream source
code deliberately. The original changes as well as its explanation
can be found in
https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx/commit/8f95800f7c0b2edde40a4d158e855f5eb94c8635
.
Users are expected to use cangjie3/cangjie5/cangjie-big instead.

If one really wants to use the (old, unmaintained) fcitx-table-cangjie,
deleting the "Priority" line in /usr/share/fcitx/table/cangjie.conf
is enough.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang