Package:IBus Libpinyin

IBus Libpinyin

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The ibus-libpinyin package provides a more-intelligent modernized pinyin input method based on libpinyin, to replace ibus-pinyin. It is recommended instead of ibus-pinyin, as it is generally smarter and provides better and more features

ibus-libpinyin also offers a UI that is similar to the one provided by ibus-pinyin which makes it easy for users to switch to it

Installation

Installation is as simple as:

root # emerge ibus-libpinyin

and restarting ibus:

user $ ibus restart

Then head to the ibus-setup GUI, click on the Input Method tab, click the Add button and select Chinese. To select it, click on the Intelligent Pinyin option

Or in the ibus CLI run:

user $ ibus engine libpinyin

Usage

As expected, when you select it as your input method and click on an input text box, it should appear. The GUI prompt is similar to ibus-pinyin's. Here is what the buttons do(left to right):

1. Switches between Chinese and latin input
2. Switches letters between full and half-width mode
3. Switches punctuation between full and half-width mode
4. Switches between Traditional and Simplified characters
5. Opens the settings

Configuration

You can configure ibus-libpinyin, by either clicking on the settings button in the ibus-libpinyin GUI or in the ibus-setup application. In ibus-setup it can be found by going to the Input Method tab, selecting Chinese - Intelligent Pinyin, and clicking on the Preferences button on the side panel

The General tab provides settings about the initial state and UI of libpinyin. Here you can change how many candidates are displayed, whether the orientation is horizontal, how the order of candidates is dictated and so on

The Pinyin mode tab is the same as in ibus-pinyin. It provides settings that modify pinyin input such as pinyin modes, pronunciation autocorrection and more

The Fuzzy syllable tab is also the same as in ibus-pinyin. Here you can enable fuzzy syllables, which an be helpful in cases where you're not sure which specific consonant a word uses in pinyin

The libpinyin library offers a large word dictionary that can be found under the Dictionary tab. Here you can toggle specific dictionary categories specific to the writing style you're going for.

Under the User data tab you can find settings on what input modes to support, ways to add custom dictionaries and tables and more

The Shortcuts tab provides keybindings for different actions, here is a table:

ibus-libpinyin keybindings

Switch Chinese/English	CTRL+SHIFT+F2
Full/Half Width Letters
Full/Half Width Punctuation	CTRL+.
Full/Half Width Both
Switch Traditional/Simplified Chinese	CTRL+SHIFT+F

The last tab is the About tab that provides information about the package, its authors, about information and more