Bug 1547337

Summary:	ibus-kkc won't let me add words to dictionary under Wayland
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	tetsuji-rai
Component:	ibus-kkc	Assignee:	Daiki Ueno <dueno>
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Description tetsuji-rai 2018-02-21 01:35:37 UTC

Description of problem:

In kana mode which I like, KKC won't let me add words to the dictionary, while in Roma-ji mode, it works fine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I use Fedora 27, but other version should be applied to.

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Select a word (usually kanji word) with mouse.
2.Hit Alt+r (nothing happens then)
3.Enter its reading

Actual results:
No words are recorded.

Expected results:
Words are added to the dictionary.

Additional info:
It works in Romaji-mode.

Comment 1 tetsuji-rai 2018-02-21 18:36:11 UTC

Correction:

It doesn't work either in Romaji-mode.

Comment 2 Jens Petersen 2018-10-04 05:56:21 UTC

Could you file this upstream too please?

https://github.com/ueno/ibus-kkc/issues

Comment 3 Daiki Ueno 2018-10-04 07:43:00 UTC

That wouldn't work on Wayland, because the engine process doesn't have a window and thus cannot get a clipboard. I have no idea how it could be solved; maybe a protocol modification might be needed at some level, like:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775099

Comment 4 Jens Petersen 2018-10-18 03:42:44 UTC

BTW is there any manual workaround?
I mean like a way to add words outside pre-edit say.

Comment 5 Daiki Ueno 2018-10-18 07:42:44 UTC

The manual workaround is to just edit ~/.config/ibus-kkc/dictionaries/segment, though it's cumbersome.

Another work around would be to use surrounding-text to mark the committed text (like re-conversion in some other engines) instead of clipboard, though it would require extra key bindings.

Comment 6 Jens Petersen 2018-11-01 03:31:14 UTC

I see, thanks.

Maybe Alt-R could just popup a dialog to allow the user to add to the dictionary?

Comment 7 Jens Petersen 2018-11-01 03:32:06 UTC

Or maybe it is better to handle it inside ibus-setup-kkc?