An XIM-based input method for traditional Chinese characters.
You know the N is unspeakable here if you are a Hong Konger. About
3^2+2^(-j) for big j but j cannot be infinite because it is their
trademark. I don't think this is
a patent infringement, as a quick search in the
Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department database
shows that there is no in-force patents about the input method in Hong Kong.
A significant population of Hong Kongers and Macaneses have learnt to type with this input method in their primary schools, and the company has been ignoring Linux users for 20+ years despite our requests.
If you are from the company and want me to take down this repo, please tell me which patent I am infringing, or any legal reasons that I should. This software is published in Sweden, not in Hong Kong. I will be happy to take this down if your reason is convincing – and please consider releasing a Linux version and take your bug report emails seriously. If you sell a Linux version and it works (unlike the Android version which crashes often) then I will consider buying.
You need qt5-devel and xcb-imdkit
to be able to compile the program. The latter is not included in most Linux
distributions' package managers, so you will need to install it manually.
Important: You should use the latest version of xcb-imdkit or nsim may
crash. This is due to the bug fixed in this commit. Any versions later than this commit are fine.
cd src/frontend
qmake
make
The above commands will give you a standalone executable called nsim. Just put
it into your $PATH. The binary does not depend on any data files.
Run nsim when you start your X session (like how you start your ibus or scim daemons),
then add the following to your ~/.profile
export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
export QT_IM_MODULE="xim"
export XMODIFIERS="@im=nsim"
Use Ctrl-space to toggle it. Note that it currently doesn't work on laptops without a keypad.
If your laptop does not have a keypad, how about help adding alternative keybindings? :)
Add Qt5 support.