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Bug: Chinese input method does not work on Ubuntu X11 #39

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@shuo1104

Summary

Chinese input does not work inside Limux on Ubuntu, even though the system input method works normally in other apps and terminals.

This does not look like a system-wide IME setup issue. It appears specific to Limux.

Environment

  • OS: Ubuntu
  • Session type: X11
  • Limux version: 0.1.10
  • ibus version: 1.5.29-rc2
  • fcitx5 version: 5.1.7

What I tried

  • Tried both fcitx5 and ibus
  • Verified that Chinese input works normally in other applications
  • Verified that Chinese input works normally in other terminal emulators

Problem

Chinese input cannot be used in Limux.

Expected behavior

Limux should accept Chinese input the same way other Linux terminal applications do.

Actual behavior

Input method works elsewhere on the same system, but not inside Limux.

Helpful diagnostics

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11

$ echo $GTK_IM_MODULE

$ ibus version
IBus 1.5.29-rc2

$ fcitx5 -v
5.1.7

$ limux --version
Limux 0.1.10

$ im-config -m
default
missing
ibus

ibus

Additional context

Limux bundles its own libghostty.so, so this may be related to the embedded Ghostty input-method path rather than the Ubuntu IME configuration itself.

Possibly relevant upstream Ghostty IME work:

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