On 2023-10-26 at 22:51:19, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > On 2023-10-26 23:51, brian m. carlson wrote: > > I have a system with Zoom installed, which necessitates installing > > ibus, which I don't want to use (because it overrides my shortcut > > keys without consent). Thus, the advice I've received is to install > > im-config and use to set the module to "xim". > > That's bad advice. Where did you get it? > > Don't set it to "xim", set it to "none" instead, which means that im-config > does not touch any environment variables (and does not launch ibus-daemon).
I believe I got it when I filed a bug report on ibus about some bug where it affected my input in some way. I don't recall, since it's been some time. > > I don't think, given that GTK+ 4 is used for a wide variety of > > software in Debian, that it's safe to set GTK_IM_MODULE to "xim" > > anymore, and im-config needs to not do that. > > Your observation is not a sufficient reason to conclude that "xim" is never > useful and should be removed as an option. im-config does not set that > option automatically, but only if the user chooses it explicitly. In your > case due to a bad advice. ;) > > So I'm inclined to close this bug as a "wontfix", but await possible further > input on the matter. I'd argue that setting any environment variables that make programs scream to the terminal is not okay. I'm fine with im-config setting any value that doesn't do that. -- brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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