use fcitx5

home/default/.config/fcitx5/conf/classicui.conf

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+# Vertical Candidate List
+Vertical Candidate List=False
+# Use Per Screen DPI
+PerScreenDPI=True
+# Use mouse wheel to go to prev or next page
+WheelForPaging=True
+# Font
+Font="Sans 10"
+# Menu Font
+MenuFont="Sans 10"
+# Tray Font
+TrayFont="Sans Bold 10"
+# Tray Label Outline Color
+TrayOutlineColor=#000000
+# Tray Label Text Color
+TrayTextColor=#ffffff
+# Prefer Text Icon
+PreferTextIcon=False
+# Show Layout Name In Icon
+ShowLayoutNameInIcon=True
+# Use input method language to display text
+UseInputMethodLangaugeToDisplayText=True
+# Theme
+Theme=solarized-dark
+# Force font DPI on Wayland
+ForceWaylandDPI=0
+

home/default/.config/fcitx5/conf/pinyin.conf

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+# Shuangpin Profile
+ShuangpinProfile=Ziranma
+# Show current shuangpin mode
+ShowShuangpinMode=True
+# Page size
+PageSize=7
+# Enable Spell
+SpellEnabled=True
+# Enable Emoji
+EmojiEnabled=True
+# Enable Chaizi
+ChaiziEnabled=True
+# Enable Characters in Unicode CJK Extension B
+ExtBEnabled=True
+# Enable Cloud Pinyin
+CloudPinyinEnabled=True
+# Cloud Pinyin Index
+CloudPinyinIndex=1
+# Show preedit within application
+PreeditInApplication=True
+# Fix embedded preedit cursor at the beginning of the preedit
+PreeditCursorPositionAtBeginning=True
+# Show complete pinyin in preedit
+PinyinInPreedit=False
+# Enable Prediction
+Prediction=False
+# Prediction Size
+PredictionSize=10
+# Action when switching input method
+SwitchInputMethodBehavior="Commit current preedit"
+# Select 2nd Candidate
+SecondCandidate=
+# Select 3rd Candidate
+ThirdCandidate=
+# Use Keypad as Selection key
+UseKeypadAsSelection=False
+# Use BackSpace to cancel the selection
+BackSpaceToUnselect=True
+# Number of Sentences
+Number of sentence=2
+# Prompt long word length when input length over (0 for disable)
+LongWordLengthLimit=4
+# Key to trigger quickphrase
+QuickPhraseKey=semicolon
+# Use V to trigger quickphrase
+VAsQuickphrase=True
+# FirstRun
+FirstRun=False
+
+[ForgetWord]
+0=Control+7
+
+[PrevPage]
+0=minus
+1=Up
+2=KP_Up
+
+[NextPage]
+0=equal
+1=Down
+2=KP_Down
+
+[PrevCandidate]
+0=Shift+Tab
+
+[NextCandidate]
+0=Tab
+
+[ChooseCharFromPhrase]
+0=bracketleft
+1=bracketright
+
+[FilterByStroke]
+0=grave
+
+[QuickPhrase trigger]
+0=www.
+1=ftp.
+2=http:
+3=mail.
+4=bbs.
+5=forum.
+6=https:
+7=ftp:
+8=telnet:
+9=mailto:
+
+[Fuzzy]
+# ue -> ve
+VE_UE=True
+# Common Typo
+NG_GN=True
+# Inner Segment (xian -> xi'an)
+Inner=True
+# Inner Segment for Short Pinyin (qie -> qi'e)
+InnerShort=True
+# Match partial finals (e -> en, eng, ei)
+PartialFinal=True
+# Match partial shuangpin if input length is longer than 4
+PartialSp=False
+# u <-> v
+V_U=False
+# an <-> ang
+AN_ANG=False
+# en <-> eng
+EN_ENG=False
+# ian <-> iang
+IAN_IANG=False
+# in <-> ing
+IN_ING=False
+# u <-> ou
+U_OU=False
+# uan <-> uang
+UAN_UANG=False
+# c <-> ch
+C_CH=False
+# f <-> h
+F_H=False
+# l <-> n
+L_N=False
+# s <-> sh
+S_SH=False
+# z <-> zh
+Z_ZH=False
+

home/default/.config/fcitx5/config

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+[Hotkey]
+# Enumerate when press trigger key repeatedly
+EnumerateWithTriggerKeys=True
+# Temporally switch between first and current Input Method
+AltTriggerKeys=
+# Enumerate Input Method Forward
+EnumerateForwardKeys=
+# Enumerate Input Method Backward
+EnumerateBackwardKeys=
+# Skip first input method while enumerating
+EnumerateSkipFirst=False
+# Enumerate Input Method Group Forward
+EnumerateGroupForwardKeys=
+# Enumerate Input Method Group Backward
+EnumerateGroupBackwardKeys=
+# Activate Input Method
+ActivateKeys=
+# Deactivate Input Method
+DeactivateKeys=
+
+[Hotkey/TriggerKeys]
+0=Control+Shift+space
+
+[Hotkey/PrevPage]
+0=Up
+
+[Hotkey/NextPage]
+0=Down
+
+[Hotkey/PrevCandidate]
+0=Shift+Tab
+
+[Hotkey/NextCandidate]
+0=Tab
+
+[Hotkey/TogglePreedit]
+0=Control+Alt+P
+
+[Behavior]
+# Active By Default
+ActiveByDefault=False
+# Share Input State
+ShareInputState=No
+# Show preedit in application
+PreeditEnabledByDefault=True
+# Show Input Method Information when switch input method
+ShowInputMethodInformation=True
+# Show Input Method Information when changing focus
+showInputMethodInformationWhenFocusIn=False
+# Show compact input method information
+CompactInputMethodInformation=True
+# Show first input method information
+ShowFirstInputMethodInformation=True
+# Default page size
+DefaultPageSize=5
+# Override Xkb Option
+OverrideXkbOption=False
+# Custom Xkb Option
+CustomXkbOption=
+# Force Enabled Addons
+EnabledAddons=
+# Force Disabled Addons
+DisabledAddons=
+# Preload input method to be used by default
+PreloadInputMethod=True
+

home/default/.config/fcitx5/profile

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+[Groups/0]
+# Group Name
+Name=Default
+# Layout
+Default Layout=us
+# Default Input Method
+DefaultIM=pinyin
+
+[Groups/0/Items/0]
+# Name
+Name=keyboard-us
+# Layout
+Layout=
+
+[Groups/0/Items/1]
+# Name
+Name=pinyin
+# Layout
+Layout=
+
+[GroupOrder]
+0=Default
+

home/default/.config/sway/config

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ bindsym Ctrl+Alt+l exec "playerctl -a pause; \
 
 ### input configuration
 
-# ibus
+# fcitx5
-exec --no-startup-id ibus-daemon -drxR
+exec --no-startup-id fcitx5 -d 
 
 ### key bindings
 

home/default/.profile

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
 export GTK_THEME=Materia:dark
 
 # ibus
-export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
+export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
-export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
+export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
-export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
+export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
 
 # set neovim as default editor
 export VISUAL=nvim

packages.txt

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ base
 bash
 bash-completion
 beets
+bind
 binutils
 bison
 blueman
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ f2fs-tools
 fail2ban
 fakeroot
 farstream
+fcitx5
+fcitx5-chinese-addons
+fcitx5-configtool
+fcitx5-gtk
+fcitx5-pinyin-zhwiki
+fcitx5-qt
+fcitx5-solarized
 ffmpegthumbnailer
 file
 filesystem
@@ -107,9 +115,6 @@ hddtemp
 highlight
 htop
 hunspell-en_us
-ibus-libpinyin
-ibus-pinyin
-ibus-typing-booster
 ibus-uniemoji-git
 inotify-tools
 iotop
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ libdvdcss
 libffado
 libgnome-keyring
 libgooglepinyin
+libime
 libpinyin
 libpng
 libreoffice-extension-languagetool

readme.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ please let me know if i've forgotten one!
 - playerctl (music controller)
 - materia-dark (gtk theme)
 - papirus-dark (icon theme)
-- ibus (intl. keyboard input)
+- fcitx5 (intl. keyboard input)
 - grim (screenshots on wayland)
 - wf-recorder (screen recorder on wayland)
 - slurp (to select region in wayland)