Thread: xmimd: X11 <-> Meego Input Method bridge
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2012-08-25 , 15:02
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Originally Posted by pooze View Post
I was trying this, but can't seem to get it working. I fetched the linked .deb package and installed it. In one terminal I started "xmimd -v" locally on the N9. It immediately reports "Server running" and stays there (not daemonized). On another terminal, still locally on the N9, I start a python GTK program. Nothing I do seem to trigger the virtual keyboard.
The problem is that the VKB will NOT popup over a non fullscreen window. I have no idea ATM how to fix this without replacing core packages/scripts. The workarounds are to:
A) Use Xephyr and run the native apps under Xephyr...
B) OR Patch Gtk+ or the app you are running so that it creates top-level windows as fullscreen.

(fullscreen = NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN -- aka without the bottom gray empty toolbar)

Originally Posted by pooze View Post
Being puzzled by this, I also tried setting the GTK_IM_MODULE and XMODIFIERS environment variables, although I understood the text as if it was only needed for chroot and remote environments.
No, you are always supposed to set this -- but on the Gtk+ app environment.
Last edited by javispedro; 2012-08-25 at 15:05.