Replace scim with ibus on Debian
The default input method framework of Debian is scim.
You may know from my last post that I just change to use sunpinyin for my default Chinese input method. But the scim sunpinyin engine seems like a little buggy. I can not switch between English and Chinese input by the shift. The window may hangs when I am typing pinyin.
Okay. I change to use ibus as well.
Firstly, the scim should be remove completely from system. Use the Synaptic or apt-get to remove all the scim related package ( scim, scim input engines, scim libs and so on ).
$ sudo apt-get purge scim
Secondary, install the ibus and ibus sunpinyin engine.
$ sudo apt-get install ibus $ sudo apt-get -t experimental ibus-sunpinyin
Finally, set ibus the default input method then restart the X session to active the ibus input method.
$ im-switch -s ibus