[Bug 2035584] New: IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show suggestions as one types

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035584

Bug ID: 2035584
           Summary: IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show
                    suggestions as one types
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 35
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
         Component: ibus-anthy
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail]
  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Fedora

Created attachment 1847739
  --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1847739&action=edit
Difference between anthy & mozc

Description of problem:
Anthy doesn't show suggestions when typing. IBus-anthy preferences have been
kept as default since installed, and the "Candidate Window Page Size" setting
has 10, so it should suggest words as one types.

Mozc for IBus, on the other hand, does show candidates as intended.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anthy-unicode-1.0.0.20201109-10.fc35.x86_64
ibus-anthy-python-1.5.13-3.fc35.noarch
ibus-anthy-1.5.13-3.fc35.x86_64
ibus-1.5.25-6.fc35.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable IBus, and anthy in the IBus preferences as input method for Japanese
2. Switch to the Japanese IME then start typing in a window that expects an
input

Actual results:
Word suggestions don't appear below typed words, so there's no way to use words
with Kanji or Katakana, only Hiragana.

Expected results:
As one begins typing each word, suggestions should start appearing below that
can be navigated with the arrow keys and selected with the Intro key

Additional info:
Fedora Linux 35 (Xfce) x86_64
Kernel 5.15.10-200.fc35.x86_64
Xfce 4.16 Xfwm4

[Bug 2035584] IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show suggestions as one types

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035584

fujiwara  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Doc Type|---                         |If docs needed, set a value
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG
             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
        Last Closed|                            |2021-12-27 07:50:38

--- Comment #1 from fujiwara  ---
Use Tab key.

[Bug 2035584] IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show suggestions as one types

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035584

--- Comment #2 from Samuel Bautista  ---
I set up ibus-anthy again to check whether the Tab key showed any suggestions,
but it didn't.

Please consider reopening this bug. If you need me to do something to help
troubleshoot this problem, let me know.

[Bug 2035584] IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show suggestions as one types

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035584

--- Comment #3 from fujiwara  ---
ibus-anthy prediction feature is a recording feature.
You have to output the target suggestion before you get the prediction.

[Bug 2035584] IBus japanese input method, Anthy, doesn't show suggestions as one types

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035584

--- Comment #4 from Samuel Bautista  ---
(In reply to fujiwara from comment #3)
> ibus-anthy prediction feature is a recording feature.
> You have to output the target suggestion before you get the prediction.

Thanks for following up.

Maybe I'm confusing features, so please bear with me. What I want is for
ibus-anthy is to convert the words I'm writing in hiragana to its dictionary
form(e.g. ふたり > 二人), so the suggestions I'm expecting aren't predictions
related to usage, but rather just suggestions to their alternative written form
so I can use words with Kanji. Both ibus-anthy and ibus-mozc show these by
default, even when it's the first time they're being used (as far as I know);
but somehow in my current installation of Fedora, ibus-anthy hasn't showed me
any of that so far, so I ended up installing ibus-mozc for the time being.

Hopefully that clears my problem out. Maybe I got the features confused and
ended up reporting something that isn't related to my problem.