Uim/Configuration

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Uim may be configured in two ways, either in a configuration file or through a graphical interface.

The main configuration options are which input methods are used and the keyboard shortcuts to activate them.

There are two identical graphical interfaces: One for Gtk and the other for Qt, called uim-pref-gtk and uim-pref-qt, respectively. Below is a list of configuration settings as they are laid out in the interface, along with the configuration settings as they appear in the configuration file.

[edit] Global settings

The global settings view.

• Input method deployment
  • Specify default IM (custom-activate-default-im-name? <boolean>, custom-preserved-default-im-name <string>))
  • Default input method (default-im-name is set to "#f" if the above is "#f" but otherwise to <string>)
  • Enabled input methods (enabled-im-list <list>)
• Input method switching
  • Enable IM switching by hotkey (enable-im-switch? <boolean>)
  • IM switching key (switch-im-key <string>, switch-im-key? (make-key-predicate '("<Control>Shift_key" "<Shift>Control_key"))) )
  • Skip direct method for IM switching by hotkey (switch-im-skip-direct-im? <boolean>)
• Input method toggle
  • Enable IM toggle by hotkey (enable-im-toggle? <toggle>)
  • Input method toggle key (toggle-im-key <string>, toggle-im-key? (make-key-predicate '("<Meta> "))) )
  • Alternative input method (toggle-im-alt-im <string>)
• Visual preference
  • Preedit color (uim-color {uim-color-uim|uim-color-atok})
  • Candidate window position (candidate-window-position {caret,left,right})
  • Show input method near the cursor (bridge-show-input-state? <boolean>)
  • Time length for showing input mode near the cursor (bridge-show-input-state-time-length <integer>)
• Advanced settings
  • Enable lazy input method loading for faster startup (enable-lazy-loading? <boolean>)

[edit] Toolbar settings

The toolbar settings view.

• Menu based IM switcher
  • Enable menu-based input method switcher (toolbar-show-action-based-switcher-button?)
  • Effective coverage (imsw-coverage {system-global,app-global,focused-context})
• Buttons
  • Full featured input method switcher (toolbar-show-switcher-button? <boolean>)
  • Preference tool (toolbar-show-pref-button? <boolean>)
  • Japanese dictionary tool (toolbar-show-dict-button? <boolean>)
  • Input pad (toolbar-show-input-pad-button? <boolean>)
  • Handwriting input pad (toolbar-show-handwriting-input-pad-button? <boolean>)
  • Help (toolbar-show-help-button?)

(define anthy-widgets '(widget_anthy_input_mode widget_anthy_kana_input_method)) (define default-widget_anthy_input_mode 'action_anthy_direct) (define anthy-input-mode-actions '(action_anthy_direct action_anthy_hiragana action_anthy_katakana action_anthy_halfkana action_anthy_halfwidth_alnum action_anthy_fullwidth_alnum)) (define default-widget_anthy_kana_input_method 'action_anthy_roma) (define anthy-kana-input-method-actions '(action_anthy_roma action_anthy_kana action_anthy_azik)) (define anthy-utf8-widgets '(widget_anthy_utf8_input_mode widget_anthy_utf8_kana_input_method)) (define default-widget_anthy_utf8_input_mode 'action_anthy_utf8_direct) (define anthy-utf8-input-mode-actions '(action_anthy_utf8_direct action_anthy_utf8_hiragana action_anthy_utf8_katakana action_anthy_utf8_halfkana action_anthy_utf8_halfwidth_alnum action_anthy_utf8_fullwidth_alnum)) (define default-widget_anthy_utf8_kana_input_method 'action_anthy_utf8_roma) (define anthy-utf8-kana-input-method-actions '(action_anthy_utf8_roma action_anthy_utf8_kana action_anthy_utf8_azik)) (define skk-widgets '(widget_skk_input_mode widget_skk_kana_input_method)) (define default-widget_skk_input_mode 'action_skk_latin) (define skk-input-mode-actions '(action_skk_latin action_skk_hiragana action_skk_katakana action_skk_hankana action_skk_wide_latin)) (define default-widget_skk_kana_input_method 'action_skk_roma) (define skk-kana-input-method-actions '(action_skk_roma action_skk_azik))

[edit] EB library settings

The EB library settings view.

• Candidate window
  • Use EB library to search annotations (eb-enable-for-annotation? <boolean>)
  • The dictionary that defines the EB dictionary file (eb-dic-path e.g. "/usr/share/dict")

[edit] XIM

The XIM settings view.

• Pre-edit settings of XIM
  • Use anti-aliased fonts for Over-the-Spot/Root-Window pre-edit. (uim-xim-use-xft-font? <boolean>)
  • Font name for pre-edit area (uim-xim-xft-font-name e.g. "VL Gothic")

[edit] Notify settings

The notify settings view.

• Notify agent name (notify-agent <string>)