How to configure Fcitx Rime Cantonese on Fedora Kinoite
Rime is the best IME on Linux. The official installation script for Cantonese Jyutping does not include Fedora Kinoite (KDE Atomic Version).
Here are the proper steps of installation:
- Install
fcitx 5andrime for fcitx 5in Discover with flatpak enabled. - Download the newest version of
rime-cantonese - Go to
~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/data/fcitx5/rime/. You may delete the files there if you don't use other schemas. - Unzip the content of
rime-cantoneseto the above directory. - Create a
default.custom.yamlwith the following content. Save it, redeploy it. And it is done.
# default.custom.yaml
patch:
# Candidate page size
"menu/page_size": 9
# Only enable jyutping schema
schema_list:
- schema: jyut6ping3
# Do NOT force ascii mode to English
# Let Fcitx handle English switching instead
"switches/@0/reset": 0