Changing input language when connected to an external monitor

[Aleix Pol]

You should be able to select fcitx in the Virtual Keyboard KCM if it's
installed. Please tell us if that doesn't work.

Regards,
Aleix

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 1:07 PM KO BYEONGMIN <kobyeongmin at korea.ac.kr> wrote:
>
> 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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