Re: Japanese Input wont't without manually adding environmental variables?

[yasu]

Hi Leo,

Oh this looks like like exactly what I need!!

https://issues.guix.info/44354

Very much looking forward to this being picked up!!

Thank you so much!

-Yasu


On Sat, 2020-11-07 at 10:23 +0100, Leo Prikler wrote:
> Hello, yasu
> 
> I recently submitted #44354, which would set GUIX_GTK*_IM_MODULE_FILE
> from the system configuration.  Once this patch is merged, you should
> be able to add ibus and ibus-anthy to your operating-system packages
> and have them picked up from there by gnome.
> 
> Note, that this patch would as it is currently likely only set
> GUIX_GTK3_IM_MODULE_FILE, because the gnome package does not contain
> anything linked against gtk+-2.  If that is a concern, you can add an
> application that does to it.  Mine currently looks like this:
> 
> ```
>   (package
>     (inherit gnome)
>     (propagated-inputs
>      `(,@(package-propagated-inputs gnome)
>        ;; IBus
>        ("ibus" ,ibus)
>        ("ibus-anthy" ,ibus-anthy)
>        ;; World
>        ("dconf-editor" ,dconf-editor)
>        ("evolution" ,evolution)
>        ("evolution-data-server" ,evolution-data-server)
>        ("gitg" ,gitg)
>        ("gnome-tweaks" ,gnome-tweaks)
>        ("polari" ,polari)
>        ("seahorse" ,seahorse))))
> ```
> 
> [As you can see, just ibus and a few more Gnome packages, but none
> using Gtk+ 2.]
> 
> Best regards,
> Leo
>