Re: Input method not inherited in sub-shells on ssh?

Ok. Solved it. Though I don't know exactly how!

I had copied the file http://www.suse.de/~mfabian/misc/xim as my ~/.xim.
Deleted that.
Now my ~/.xim reads:
export INPUT_METHOD="scim"
export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
export QT_IM_SWITCHER=imsw-multi
export QT_IM_MODULE=scim
scim -d
Also placed the same 5 variables in my ~/.bashrc:
INPUT_METHOD="scim"
XMODIFIERS='@im=SCIM'
GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
QT_IM_SWITCHER=imsw-multi
QT_IM_MODULE=scim
export INPUT_METHOD XMODIFIERS GTK_IM_MODULE
export QT_IM_SWITCHER QT_IM_MODULE

Restarted the system, and voila! Everything was back to normal. I don't know
for sure if it is necessary to have all the above variables in both the
~/.xim and ~/.bashrc, but I am guessing that it is.

Now Firefox, OpenOffice, gedit, all work without problems.

Hope that helps someone who might face similar problems.

Abhay

On 6/8/06, Abhay Ghatpande <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Is this related somehow to this:
> http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/faq/gtk_gnome/why_firefox_mozilla_acrobat_reader_7_other_gtk_2_based_apps_can_not_be_installed_started
>
>
> Do I really need to recompile Firefox from source?
>
> Abhay
>
>
> On 6/8/06, Abhay Ghatpande <[email protected] > wrote:
> >
> > Ok. I did some digging and prefixed XMODIFIERS='@im=SCIM' before running
> > xterm and gedit. Worked like a charm. But it doesn't work with Firefox. Why?
> >
> >
> > Another thing, if XMODIFIERS is exported using .bashrc, even then it
> > doesn't work. The variable is set, but toggling the key doesnt switch the
> > keyboard. The XMODIFIERS=... has to precede the command. Why is this? The
> > .xim file also exports XMODIFIERS. So in what file should I export the
> > XMODIFIERS so that it will be inherited?
> >
> > I am quite sure that this used to work in 10.0. Since upgrading to 10.1,
> > Firefox is unable to accept Japanese input. Even when lauched directly from
> > the panel. (Not from shell).
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > Abhay
> >
>
>