The solution was quite simple and not at all dwm related, of course. I looked through the scim man page and realized that exporting the GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE lines applies only to subsequent programs launched from that terminal session.
Because I had those things exported in my xinit along with the launching of the terminal emulator, SCIM was only prepared to launch after opening a subsequent terminal session from the first one (confusing). Since I stick to one at a time (using screen), SCIM functionality was hidden to me. In order to get it working from the first terminal instance, I had to export those modules _before_ starting the X session, by placing them in my bash profile (not bashrc). Anyway, crisis averted. I'll have to look into uim when I have time. Benito 2010/3/8 KIMURA Masaru <hiyuh.r...@gmail.com> > i use uim too, but on wmii. > > scim had have C++ ABI issue ago that was resolved by scim-bridge though. > and I heard a rumor that scim devs switch to ibus. > uim ships w/ sigscheme, it's fun to me. > > 2010/3/9 Alex Matviychuk <alex...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Benito, > > > > I use UIM for Japanese input in dwm on a daily basis. I have > > shift+space mapped to toggle between Japanese and English input. It > > was fairly painless to setup, just had to add this to my .xinitrc: > > > > export GTK_IM_MODULE='uim' > > export QT_IM_MODULE='uim' > > uim-xim & > > export xmodifie...@im='uim' > > > > I can use the gtk panel too under dwm if I need to mess with settings > just fine. > > > > I'm not as familiar with SCIM, but maybe this wiki can offer some help > > (lots of distro agnostic info can be gleaned from there): > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Smart_Common_Input_Method_platform > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > がんばてね。 > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Benito Cachinero > > <benito.cachin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've gleefuly merged from Gnome + Metacity to a plain X session with dwm > on > >> top. No complaints, and it has done everything I need it to, but I'm > >> stumbling on getting a XIM/SCIM toolbar to work for an IME. I need to > use > >> CJK characters on a daily basis, so I find myself popping back into > Gnome > >> with dwm on top in order to do this. It does work in Gnome, but I have > no > >> idea what differs in that setup to enable it to launch. > >> > >> Here is the relevant part of my .xinitrc where I am starting to launch > SCIM: > >> http://pastebin.com/EWLRCCbq > >> > >> Based on the log, the SCIM daemon is indeed successfully loading in the > >> background: > >> http://pastebin.com/2nrCdf5L > >> > >> But the keys assigned to pulling it up don't do anything. I first > thought > >> that maybe dwm was stealing input with its own modkeys, so I mapped the > SCIM > >> launching (in scim setup) to different keys, but this didn't work. > >> > >> I'm wondering if this has something to do with the fact that the panel > is > >> designed for use in GTK and has been configured as part of Gnome and its > >> keybindings. > >> > >> Does anyone have experience running an IME like scim-anthy (which is > more > >> than a key overlay - it needs a dictionary of words for word completion > from > >> Japanese syllabary to kanji) in dwm? > >> > >> I didn't find any relevant help online, perhaps because XIM/SCIM is a > >> perennial problem regardless of environment. > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> Benito Cachinero > >> > > > > > > -- Benito Cachinero http://www.linkedin.com/in/benitocachinero
