Stage Fcitx frontend

[brlin-tw]

This allows Fcitx input method framework to be used in Gtk3 snapped apps

Signed-off-by: 林博仁(Buo-ren Lin) [email protected]

[oSoMoN]

This makes sense.

Have you tested that this is enough to make fcitx input work in gtk3 app snaps, or is this only a prerequisite?

Wouldn't other stage packages (libfcitx-gclient1, libfcitx-utils0) be needed for this to actually work?

And if this works we would probably want to add the corresponding packages to other desktop parts (fcitx-frontend-gtk2, fcitx-frontend-qt4, fcitx-frontend-qt5).

[brlin-tw]

Have you tested that this is enough to make fcitx input work in gtk3 app snaps, or is this only a prerequisite?

I've copied the entire part definition with this addition to one of my snap and built a sample, it works.

And if this works we would probably want to add the corresponding packages to other desktop parts (fcitx-frontend-gtk2, fcitx-frontend-qt4, fcitx-frontend-qt5).

I agree.

[oSoMoN]

I finally got around to testing this, and I'm delighted to report that this works very nicely, no additional work needed. I successfully rebuilt the chromium snap with this additional stage package, and fcitx input (google-pinyin) just worked.

Note that snaps that connect to the gnome-3-26-1604 platform snap won't need this, for them fcitx input already works out of the box.

I also tested adding fcitx-frontend-qt5 to a qt5-based snap app (musescore), and this works well too.

[oSoMoN]

And as a follow-up I committed a264e8f to add support for fcitx in qt5-based snaps.

[8none1]

Could someone test with Sogou and report back. That should be a good proof.

[brlin-tw]

Could someone test with Sogou and report back. That should be a good proof.

What is Sogou exactly? I only heard of a Chinese company with a similar name.

[8none1]

https://pinyin.sogou.com/linux/?r=pinyin

[oSoMoN]

Could someone test with Sogou and report back. That should be a good proof.

I confirm this works in a bionic VM. I grabbed the 64bits deb from the sogou website, installed it and its dependencies, and successfully used it in various gnome app snaps that connect to the gnome-3-26-1604 platform snap.