Bug 2217637

Summary: Chinese characters are too small in list of characters presented when entering pinyin.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Bill <mattison.computer>
Component: ibusAssignee: fujiwara <tfujiwar>
Status: ASSIGNED --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 37CC: i18n-bugs, mattison.computer, shawn.p.huang, tfujiwar
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screen-capture showing tiny Chinese words/characters matching pinyin none

Description Bill 2023-06-26 18:50:59 UTC
1. When using ibus to enter Chinese characters via pinyin, a list of characters matching the pinyin appears.  The characters in the list are too small, making it difficult to choose the desired ones, especially in the case of characters that consist of many strokes.

2. I cannot find a way of making the characters in the list larger.  There used to be a settings or preferences tool, but I have not been able to find one on my work station for over a year.  According to dnf, I have "gnome-shell-extension-ibus-font", but it has no man page, it cannot be launched from the command line, and "Activities" does not find a matching application.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(1. size part)
1.Launch LibreOffice Writer.  (Other applications such as vim work just as well.)
2.Choose "Chinese (Intelligent Pinyin)" for input.
3.Enter the pinyin spelling for a Chinese word (example: "pang xie").

(2. settings/preferences part)
I cannot think of a way to test this!
Actual Results:  
(1. size part)
A numbered menu (list) of Chinese words appears.  The words (characters) are very small and hard to read or distinguish.

(2. settings/preferences part)
not applicable.

Expected Results:  
(1. size part)
A numbered menu (list) of Chinese words appears.  The words (characters) should be large enough for almost everyone to read, regardless of which desktop environment is being used.

(2. setting/preferences part)
a. There should be a setting/preferences GUI in which it is easy to set then font (face and size) used to display the words/characters in the list/menu of words matching the pinyin that I enter.
b. This GUI should be easily accessible in all desktop environments.
c. This GUI should be easily installed, maintained, patched, updated, and so on via dnf, regardless of what desktop environment is being used.


I am not a systems administrator.  I have no training or professional experience in systems administration and operating systems.  I am a "home user" using Fedora on a home work station, stuck doing his own systems administration.  I like having dnf handle almost all my installation and maintenance.  One thing I have outside of dnd management is "zoom", and it's a real hassle to maintain.  So please understand that I need customization of ibus, especially font face and size, to be easily do-able via a GUI installed and maintained via dnf, and that the GUI must easily work in all desktop environments.

Comment 1 Bill 2023-06-26 18:57:36 UTC
Created attachment 1972712 [details]
screen-capture showing tiny Chinese words/characters matching pinyin

This shows the smallness of the Chinese words/characters in the menu of words matching the entered pinyin.  For comparison, notice the size 16 characters in the LibreOffice document into which I was trying to enter the Chinese word.

Comment 2 fujiwara 2023-06-27 08:50:52 UTC
gnome-tweaks could change the font size few days ago AFAIR but now it does not effect, curious.
Will investigate it later.