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Nimf is a lightweight, fast and extensible input method framework.
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Because this document contains upstream content, there may be errors in the build.
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If you have any questions, please visit the address below.
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https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/wiki
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https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/issues
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Nimf provides:
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* Input Method Server:
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* nimf
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* Language Engines:
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* System keyboard
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* Chinese (based on librime)
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* Japanese (based on anthy)
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* Korean (based on libhangul)
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* Various languages (based on m17n)
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* Service Modules:
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* Indicator (based on appindicator)
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* Wayland
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* NIM (Nimf Input Method)
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* XIM (based on IMdkit)
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* Preedit window
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* Candidate
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* Client Modules:
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* GTK+2, GTK+3, Qt5
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* Settings tool to configure the Nimf:
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* nimf-settings
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* Development files:
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* C library, headers and documents
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Project Homepage:
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* https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf
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License
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-------
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Nimf is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
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by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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Nimf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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Downloads
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---------
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Download latest snapshot of the current master branch
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* Clone with HTTPS
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git clone https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/nimf.git
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* Download tar.gz
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https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/archive/master/nimf-master.tar.gz
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Compiling and installing
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------------------------
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* Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu
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First of all, install devscripts, build-essential, debhelper.
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username:~$ sudo apt install devscripts build-essential debhelper
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After installing devscripts, build-essential perform the following commands.
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username:~$ cd
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username:~$ mkdir tmp-build
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username:~$ cd tmp-build
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username:~/tmp-build$ wget https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/archive/master/nimf-master.tar.gz
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username:~/tmp-build$ tar zxf nimf-master.tar.gz
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username:~/tmp-build$ cd nimf-master
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username:~/tmp-build/nimf-master$ dpkg-checkbuilddeps
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You may see something like:
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dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: some-package1 some-package2 ...
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Install all dependent packages and perform the following commands.
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username:~/tmp-build/nimf-master$ debuild -b -uc -us
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username:~/tmp-build/nimf-master$ cd ..
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username:~/tmp-build$ ls
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libnimf1_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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libnimf1-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.build
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.buildinfo
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.changes
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd.dsc
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nimf_YYYY.mm.dd.tar.xz
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nimf-anthy_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-anthy-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-dev_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-libhangul_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-libhangul-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-m17n_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-m17n-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-master
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nimf-rime_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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nimf-rime-dbgsym_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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Install deb packages.
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username:~/tmp-build$ sudo dpkg -i nimf_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb \
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libnimf1_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb nimf-anthy_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb \
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nimf-libhangul_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb nimf-m17n_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb \
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nimf-rime_YYYY.mm.dd_amd64.deb
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* CentOS
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Open the terminal and run the following commands step by step.
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wget https://gitlab.com/nimf-i18n/nimf/-/archive/master/nimf-master.tar.bz2
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tar -jxvf nimf-master.tar.bz2
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NIMF_VERSION=`grep AC_INIT nimf-master/configure.ac | \
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grep -Po '\d{4}.\d{2}.\d{2}'`
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cp -r nimf-master nimf-$NIMF_VERSION
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tar -jcvf nimf-master.tar.bz2 nimf-$NIMF_VERSION
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mkdir -p rpmbuild/SOURCES
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cp -f nimf-master.tar.bz2 rpmbuild/SOURCES
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sudo yum install epel-release
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sudo yum install gcc-c++ libtool glib2-devel pkgconfig intltool \
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gtk3-devel gtk2-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtbase-private-devel \
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libappindicator-gtk3-devel librsvg2-tools google-noto-cjk-fonts \
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libhangul-devel anthy-devel anthy libxkbcommon-devel wayland-devel \
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libxklavier-devel gtk-doc
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rpmbuild -bb nimf-master/nimf.spec
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ls -R rpmbuild/RPMS/
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sudo yum install \
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rpmbuild/RPMS/`uname -m`/nimf-YYYY.mm.dd-1.el7.`uname-m`.rpm
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* Other Linux distributions
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There are configuration options. Use it for your situation.
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--disable-hardening Disable hardening
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--disable-nimf-anthy Disable nimf-anthy
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--disable-nimf-m17n Disable nimf-m17n
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--disable-nimf-rime Disable nimf-rime
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--with-im-config-data Install im-config data
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--with-imsettings-data Install imsettings data
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Open the terminal and run the following commands step by step.
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username:~$ cd
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username:~$ mkdir tmp-build
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username:~$ cd tmp-build
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username:~/tmp-build$ wget https://gitlab.com/nimf-i18n/nimf/-/archive/master/nimf-master.tar.gz
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username:~/tmp-build$ tar zxf nimf-master.tar.gz
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username:~/tmp-build$ cd nimf-master
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If you are using im-config
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./autogen.sh --with-im-config-data
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If you are using im-chooser
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./autogen.sh --with-imsettings-data
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Otherwise
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./autogen.sh
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make
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sudo make install
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sudo ldconfig
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sudo make update-gtk-im-cache
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sudo make update-gtk-icon-cache
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To uninstall nimf, run the following command.
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sudo make uninstall
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Configure
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* For GNOME Shell, use 3rd party gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
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https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
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https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
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* How to enable Nimf on systems using im-config
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im-config -n nimf
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* How to enable Nimf on systems using im-chooser
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imsettings-switch nimf
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* How to enable Nimf on systems using systemd v233 or later
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Run nimf-settings.
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Turn on the "Setup environment variables" option in the Nimf menu.
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Debugging
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---------
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nimf --debug
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nimf-settings --gapplication-service & # for nimf-indicator
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tail -f /var/log/daemon.log # or /var/log/syslog
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export GTK_IM_MODULE="nimf"
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export QT4_IM_MODULE="xim"
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export QT_IM_MODULE="nimf"
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export XMODIFIERS="@im=nimf"
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export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nimf
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gedit # or kate for Qt
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Participate
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* Development
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You may send pull requests.
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https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/pulls
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* Translation
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You can make nimf.pot using the following commands.
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git clone https://github.com/hamonikr/nimf/nimf.git
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cd nimf
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./autogen.sh
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cd po
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make nimf.pot
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Then, you may translate nimf.pot into your native language.
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References
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* APIs
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http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libX11/specs/XIM/xim.html
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http://www.w3.org/TR/ime-api/
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https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/input_ime
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https://docs.enlightenment.org/stable/efl/group__Ecore__IMF__Lib__Group.html
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http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qinputcontext.html
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http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qinputmethod.html
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https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/gtk/gtkimcontext.c
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* Language Engines (alphabetically listed)
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http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/anthy.git
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https://github.com/libhangul/libhangul
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https://github.com/rime/librime
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https://www.nongnu.org/m17n/
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* Implementations
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https://github.com/libhangul/nabi
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https://github.com/libhangul/imhangul
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https://github.com/libhangul/ibus-hangul
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https://github.com/ibus/ibus
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https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx
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https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx-qt5
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https://github.com/uim/uim
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