Tdesktop: Telegram Desktop Linux doesn't work with nimf

Created on 6 Nov 2016 · 25Comments · Source: telegramdesktop/tdesktop

I used UIM-byeoru, Nimf, fcitx, XIM, Ibus.
but only can type korean to using fcitx.
I wanna using Nimf.
so.. Do you have plan to support other input method??

Configuration

Operating system:
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Version of Telegram Desktop:
0.10.19

bug help wanted linux

Source

yangbeom

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Then why won't you reopen the issue?

stek29 on 17 Apr 2017

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Does Nimf work in other Qt apps?

stek29 on 6 Nov 2016

may be...
because Nimf issue #16 developers say you need patch like support fcitx.
so i tried it but fail :(
Nimf developer's patch

yangbeom on 7 Nov 2016

So TDesktop would need one more patch to Qt which must be rewritten because TDesktop already patches Qt and patches are not compatible, and all that just to support a new input method no one uses?

stek29 on 7 Nov 2016

i tried test Nimf, But Build fail Nimf.
Nimf developers fix it in jan/2017
i will reply comment when i build Nimf and finish some test

yangbeom on 10 Nov 2016

Is this fixed? I still can't use Nimf in Telegram Desktop 1.0.24 alpha

mxa on 19 Mar 2017

maybe not.... I forgot it.... didn't test yet.

yangbeom on 20 Mar 2017

I tried to write korean using Nimf(2017.04.08) in Telegram Desktop, But Doesn't work.

yangbeom on 17 Apr 2017

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Then why won't you reopen the issue?

stek29 on 17 Apr 2017

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@yangbeom should reopen this issue.

mxa on 25 Jul 2017

@mxa Sure :)

yangbeom on 26 Jul 2017

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:) maybe change the title in "Telegram Desktop Linux doesn't work with nimf"

mxa on 26 Jul 2017

Maybe @auchri can label this one bug, help-wanted, linux too?

mxa on 10 Aug 2017

@mxa maybe 😉

auchri on 10 Aug 2017

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@stek29 "Does Nimf work in other Qt apps?" I tried Qtractor, and yes, I can name tracks there using Nimf.

mxa on 10 Aug 2017

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Nimf works with Kate, so it works in other Qt apps.

log from G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nimf kate:

(kate:3317): nimf-DEBUG: im-nimf-qt5.cpp:463: NimfInputContextPlugin::NimfInputContextPlugin()
(kate:3317): nimf-DEBUG: im-nimf-qt5.cpp:481: virtual QPlatformInputContext* NimfInputContextPlugin::create(const QString&, const QStringList&)
(kate:3317): nimf-DEBUG: im-nimf-qt5.cpp:251: NimfInputContext::NimfInputContext()
(kate:3317): nimf-DEBUG: nimf-im.c:298: nimf_im_new

whereas running G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nimf telegram-desktop shows nothing.

devunt on 28 Aug 2017

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strace kate includes:

stat("/usr/lib/qt/plugins/platforminputcontexts/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib/qt/plugins/platforminputcontexts", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 7
...
lstat("/usr/lib/qt/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libqt5im-nimf.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=39848, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib/qt/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libqt5im-nimf.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 7

but strace telegram-desktop does not have such entries.

devunt on 28 Aug 2017

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@devunt because TDesktop uses his own static patched Qt

stek29 on 28 Aug 2017

@devunt is there a way to make nimf and the compose key work? Both bugs are there because of that static patched Qt https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/2193

mxa on 28 Aug 2017

@Zankio made a PR for gcin and hime, maybe he knows how to add nimf

mxa on 21 Dec 2017

The Qt input modules (to include in the static QT version) for nimf can be found here

mxa on 23 Dec 2017

This issue happens in ibus too. I think this issue is not just limited to a specific input method.