Trouble getting fcitx5 to work

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Hi, im starting a new forum because im pretty sure the other forum is dead. So I can’t type chinese in some applications so Im trying to figure out why I can’t type chinese. Im using fcitx5 and I think the problem is that I didn’t at the lines:
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
to the file which i don’t know what it is. Please help me : |

My Laptop:
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.12.2-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 3.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 3000

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Try adding them to your ~/.xinitrc, but you have to also export them. :arrow_down:

export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS='@im=fcitx'

Then, log out, log back in, and cross your fingers. :wink:

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so this didn’t work. Imma try this
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It didn’t as well Im gonna try add this at the start of the text instead of the end.

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Now Im adding them in the front instead.

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So they all didn’t work. I tried rebooting instead of loging out but it also doesn’t work.

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there should be & after the fcitx5 command, and if it still doesn’t work there are videos on youtube which show how to install fctix install properly

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Did you install fcitx5-gtk and fcitx5-qt?If not,try install fcitx5-im group and fcitx5-chinese-addons.

And the wiki recommends editing /etc/environment and add the following lines:
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx

Or ~/.pam_environment:
GTK_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
XMODIFIERS DEFAULT=@im=fcitx

And there is no need to add fcitx5 in .xinitrc or any other profile,because:

If you are using any XDG compatible desktop environment such as KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, after you re-login, the autostart should work out of box.

You can see fcitx5 installed a file named /etc/xdg/autostart/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop

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etc enviorment
Hello, I checked the group with my terminal I (I typed = {sudo pacman -Ss fcitx5 -im} and it outputs:
community/fcitx5 5.0.8-1 (fcitx5-im) [installed]
Next generation of fcitx
community/fcitx5-configtool 5.0.5-1 (fcitx5-im) [installed]
Configuration Tool for Fcitx5
community/fcitx5-gtk 5.0.7-1 (fcitx5-im) [installed]
Fcitx5 gtk im module and glib based dbus client library
community/fcitx5-qt 5.0.6-1 (fcitx5-im) [installed]
Fcitx5 Qt Library

So I try updating it but it was already the latest version, so I tried add these lines:
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
to the /etc/enviourment folder (arch wiki recomends this folder) but I can’t even edit it with Nano, Vim, Xed, Kate, gedit so I ran out of ideas what to do.

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I also couldn’t find the ~/.pam_enviroment folder. I tried unhiding the files cuz there a .symbol infront of the file so I thought it was hidden but I still can find it. I tried using the terminal cd ‘~/pam_environment’ but I still can’t find it : (

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You should use sudo nano /etc/enviourment

~/.pam_enviroment is a file not a folder ,just touch ~/.pam_enviroment if you can’t find it

Just choose one,no need to edit both

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Ok I edited with sudo nano /etc/enviourment and pasted GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitxI think I broke somthing and I can realy type cause I can’t see what I typing and I still can’t typ in some applications.

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ok I fixed it by removing the lines and I can read what Im tying now but I still can’t type in some applications like libreoffice, leafpad, gedit, atom.

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I tried using the .pam_enviourment sudo I typed :

GTK_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
XMODIFIERS DEFAULT=@im=fcitx

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But it didn’t work

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Sorry I can‘t give more suggestions.

Try type fcitx5-diagnose to see what’s going on.

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If you’ve actually typed it like this, your system won’t be able to read it since it’s misspelled.
Delete that file and edit /etc/environment instead (and don’t accidentally delete this file!) EDIT: Maybe do a backup first: sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak

EDIT2:

and “.pam_enviourment” obviously won’t work either…

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my mistake

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This is the right place right and then I just copy and paste

GTK_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE DEFAULT=fcitx
XMODIFIERS DEFAULT=@im=fcitx