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.TH IM\-SWITCH 8
.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.SH NAME
im\-switch \- set up input method for X Window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B
.B im\-switch [\-v][\-z ll_CC] \-s inputmethodname
.TP
.B im\-switch [\-v][\-z ll_CC] \-c
.TP
.B im\-switch [\-v][\-z ll_CC] \-a
.TP
.B im\-switch [\-v][\-z ll_CC] \-l
.TP
.B im\-switch \-h
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page very briefly documents the
.B im\-switch
command.
.PP
The
.B im\-switch
command provides the framework to configure and to switch the input
method on X Window System depending on the locale. This input method
is the essential mechanism for Japanese, Chinese and Korean (CJK)
languages to enter their non-ASCII native characters.
.PP
Some input methods such as SCIM support not only one of these CJK languages
but support almost all languages simultaneously by dynamically switching
keyboard modes with GUI.
.PP
The most desirable input method is provided as the configurable system
wide default using Debian alternatives mechanism with
.B /etc/alternatives/xinput-ll_CC
link.
.PP
The X start up code sources
.B /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch
which read the configuration file and activates the input method.
The user configuration files and links are located in
.B ~/.xinput.d/ .
The system configuration files and links are located in
.B /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ .
.PP
.B im\-switch
understands the following options:
.TP
.BR \-v
Display verbose message during execution.
.TP
.BR \-z " ll_CC"
Set up the input method for X run under
.B ll_CC
locale (ISO 639 / ISO 3188). When setting for all locales, use
.B all_ALL
as the quasi-locale value here.
.TP
.BR \-s " inputmethodname"
Set up the input method to use inputmethodname.
.TP
.BR \-c
Configure the input method with menu.
.TP
.BR \-a
Reset the input method to the system default.
.TP
.BR \-l
List the input method configuration.
.TP
.BR \-h
Print a help message to the standard output and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR update\-alternatives (8)
.BR /usr/share/doc/im\-switch/README.Debian
.BR /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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