#+title: Input Methods
#+setupfile: ../headers

* Input Methods
I type in more than one script, so I need a proper input method
framework rather than relying on whatever the desktop environment
ships with. Plus, the default /AFNOR bépo/ layout is currently buggy,
with some dead keys not working properly, such as =AltGr+s=, but it
isn’t with fcitx5. Here’s the =nixos.i18n-input= module.
#+begin_src nix :tangle yes
{
  flake.modules.nixos.i18n-input = {pkgs, ...}: {
    i18n.inputMethod = {
      <<enable-fcitx5>>
      <<fcitx5-addons>>
    };
  };
}
#+end_src

** Enabling fcitx5
[[https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Fcitx_5][fcitx5]] is the input method framework I’ve settled on; it covers
everything from CJK input to custom table-based methods.
#+name: enable-fcitx5
#+begin_src nix
enable = true;
type = "fcitx5";
#+end_src

** Addons
=fcitx5-gtk= gets fcitx5 working inside GTK applications, and the Qt
equivalents (=fcitx5-configtool=, =fcitx5-with-addons=) do the same for Qt
ones whilst also giving me a GUI to configure it all. =fcitx5-mozc-ut=
adds Japanese input through Mozc, and
=qt6Packages.fcitx5-chinese-addons= adds the table addons Chinese input
methods need. I don’t actually need this package for Chinese itself,
but it is somehow necessary for the X-SAMPA input method, which I get
from =fcitx5-table-other=. I have it to type IPA on the fly when working
on my constructed languages. Lastly, =fcitx5-nord= just reskins the UI
to match the rest of my setup.
#+name: fcitx5-addons
#+begin_src nix
fcitx5.addons = with pkgs; [
  fcitx5-gtk
  fcitx5-mozc-ut
  fcitx5-nord
  fcitx5-table-other
  qt6Packages.fcitx5-chinese-addons
  qt6Packages.fcitx5-configtool
  qt6Packages.fcitx5-with-addons
];
#+end_src