Ibus typing booster apparently does not work on F25

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.

How should one activate Ibus typing booster?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
>
> How should one activate Ibus typing booster?

Are others experiencing the same thing? Is it expected that Ibus pops
up automatically as one is typing? Or should one use a keyboard
command previously?

Paul

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/04/17 05:37, Paul Smith wrote:
> I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
>
> How should one activate Ibus typing booster?

Works for me.

You need to add the appropriate input method that includes the booster
function.

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> > I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> > system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> > writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
> >
> > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
>
> Works for me.
>
> You need to add the appropriate input method that includes the booster
> function.

Thanks, Ed. I did add Ibus as the input method, but with no progress.
I may fill a bug report against Ibus.

Paul

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/04/17 19:19, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> > > I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> > > system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> > > writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
> > >
> > > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
> >
> > Works for me.
> >
> > You need to add the appropriate input method that includes the booster
> > function.
>
> Thanks, Ed. I did add Ibus as the input method, but with no progress.
> I may fill a bug report against Ibus.

Yes, but did you pick as one of your input methods "English-English US
(Typing Booster)"?  If you picked only  "English-English US" that is the
wrong one.

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> > > > I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> > > > system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> > > > writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
> > > >
> > > > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
> > >
> > > Works for me.
> > >
> > > You need to add the appropriate input method that includes the booster
> > > function.
> >
> > Thanks, Ed. I did add Ibus as the input method, but with no progress.
> > I may fill a bug report against Ibus.
>
> Yes, but did you pick as one of your input methods "English-English US
> (Typing Booster)"?  If you picked only  "English-English US" that is the
> wrong one.

Hummm... I do have

"English-English US",

as I cannot find

"English-English US (Typing Booster)".

Should I install something else, Ed?

Paul

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > > > > I have just installed Ibus typing booster, which does appear on the
> > > > > system tray, but it does not show up with word suggestions while
> > > > > writing a text on LibreOffice Writer, for instance.
> > > > >
> > > > > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
> > > >
> > > > Works for me.
> > > >
> > > > You need to add the appropriate input method that includes the booster
> > > > function.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Ed. I did add Ibus as the input method, but with no progress.
> > > I may fill a bug report against Ibus.
> >
> > Yes, but did you pick as one of your input methods "English-English US
> > (Typing Booster)"?  If you picked only  "English-English US" that is the
> > wrong one.
>
> Hummm... I do have
>
> "English-English US",
>
> as I cannot find
>
> "English-English US (Typing Booster)".
>
> Should I install something else, Ed?

Thanks, Ed. Now,

"English-English US (Typing Booster)"

is appearing, and Ibus is working!

Paul

[Ted Roche]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> How should one activate Ibus typing booster?

One should read this fine article:

https://fedoramagazine.org/master-typing-ibus-booster/

found with a web search, and apparently published yesterday. How fortuitous!

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/04/17 22:45, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
>
> One should read this fine article:
>
> https://fedoramagazine.org/master-typing-ibus-booster/
>
> found with a web search, and apparently published yesterday. How fortuitous!

Yes, I saw that article.  Good work but I have a minor issue with it.

It uses an animated GIF.  It will loop if you are using Firefox as your
browser. However, if you are using Chrome it will run only once and
leave you with a blank space. It runs rather quickly, so you may never
see the GIF if you take your time scrolling through the article.

So, I too was momentarily tripped up by thinking it was going to be
enabled for "English - English US".   When it didn't work I went to add
Hindi to test it when I saw what I needed to do.

Not sure if many folks here know it, but both Chinese and Japanese input
methods (more than one input method for each) have had predictive or
suggestive input for a long time.  So, not so sure it is necessary that
typing booster has support for those.

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 2:41 AM, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> > > How should one activate Ibus typing booster?
> >
> > One should read this fine article:
> >
> > https://fedoramagazine.org/master-typing-ibus-booster/
> >
> > found with a web search, and apparently published yesterday. How fortuitous!
>
> Yes, I saw that article.  Good work but I have a minor issue with it.
>
> It uses an animated GIF.  It will loop if you are using Firefox as your
> browser. However, if you are using Chrome it will run only once and
> leave you with a blank space. It runs rather quickly, so you may never
> see the GIF if you take your time scrolling through the article.
>
> So, I too was momentarily tripped up by thinking it was going to be
> enabled for "English - English US".   When it didn't work I went to add
> Hindi to test it when I saw what I needed to do.
>
> Not sure if many folks here know it, but both Chinese and Japanese input
> methods (more than one input method for each) have had predictive or
> suggestive input for a long time.  So, not so sure it is necessary that
> typing booster has support for those.

True, Ed. The same situation here: I also use Firefox.

Paul