Changing input language when connected to an external monitor

[KO BYEONGMIN]

Hello Sebastian,

thank you very much for your suggestions. :) Unfortunately I tried 
`fcitx` already but could not
get it to work as clicking `fcitx configuration` from the application 
list did not open the usual
configuration window, providing me no methods properly setting up the 
input method.

This was disappointing, as `fcitx` is what I use on my KDE Plasma 
Desktop to make Korean alphabets
available for input.

Nonetheless I thank you for your time and effort to share your potential 
solution to this
important (at least to me and other Korean speakers) problem!

Stay healthy!

Byeongmin

On 16/05/2022 04:32, Sebastian Pettke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> maybe fcitx5 is a suitable alternative for using different input methods on the desktop.
>
> Setting it up may require some extra steps, for reference see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fcitx5
>
> I think you would want to install 'fcitx5', 'fcitx5-configtool', 'fcitx5-hangul' (for Korean input), 'fcitx5-qt' (for integration with Qt applications) and 'fcitx5' (for integration with GTK applications).
>
> Then you can configure it by starting fcitx5-configtool and also set up keyboard shortcuts for switching the input method there.
>
> Please note that I have no experience with installing and using fcitx5 with plasma mobile or with Korean input. The above instructions are only my assumptions of what could work and might be wrong.
>
> Best regards,
> Sebastian
>
>> On 05/13/2022 7:07 PM Devin <devin at kde.org> wrote:
>>
>>   
>> Hi Byeongmin,
>>
>> We currently do not have the keyboard settings module enabled right
>> now unfortunately, it needs to be moved out of the plasma-desktop
>> repository and ported to a mobile format.
>>
>> Someone filed a similar issue recently:
>> https://invent.kde.org/teams/plasma-mobile/issues/-/issues/145
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Devin
>>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8:24 AM KO BYEONGMIN <kobyeongmin at korea.ac.kr> wrote:
>>> Dear Plasma Mobile enthusiasts,
>>>
>>> is there anyway, be it through GUI or a terminal, that I can change input
>>> language from English to Korean and vice versa when my phone is connected
>>> to an external monitor?
>>>
>>> To be more precise, I am running Plasma Mobile 5.24.5 on my Pinephone (Arch
>>> Linux ARM), from which the input language can be easily changed via its
>>> on-screen keyboard when the languages of choice are added to the list
>>> available
>>> on SYSTEM SETTINGS > ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD > CONFIGURE LANGUAGES.
>>>
>>> However, when I connect the phone to an external monitor via the
>>> 'Convergence'
>>> USB-C dock, the on-screen keyboards are automatically disabled and leaves me
>>> no way of typing languages other than English.
>>>
>>> My search for finding appropriate keyboard shortcuts or solutions from the
>>> software repository was to no avail. Is it really impossible to change
>>> the input
>>> language when the phone's connected to an external monitor?
>>>
>>> Thank you for reading.
>>>
>>> Stay healthy!
>>>
>>> Byeongmin
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> written from my Pinephone
>>>
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