![]() |
#1 |
Junior Member
![]() Posts: 5
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2022
Device: Kindle 10th gen
|
Typing Asian characters
I am using the 'fcitx' Input Method mechanism on Debian Linux. But the Calibre EPUB Editor seems to ignore it and thus I can not type in Asian characters. Other programs on the same machine, such as LibreOffice and emacs, work fine with fcitx. Is there something I have to do so that Calibre will listen to fcitx?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
creator of calibre
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 44,163
Karma: 22670164
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
|
Presumably your fcitx Qt plugin is incompatible with the Qt version shipped with calibre, use your distro packaged calibre and it should work.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Junior Member
![]() Posts: 5
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2022
Device: Kindle 10th gen
|
That sounds like a reasonable explanation. I have another computer, a laptop, running the same version of Debian (12) and the same version of Qt (6.4.2) and fcitx (1.4.2.9) but still has the distro version of calibre (6.13) and it works with fcitx correctly. On the system where it does not work has calibre 7.15. The 7.15 got installed by me running the calibre upgrade procedure as linked to by the usual "An upgrade is available" notification from calibre. That is probably how I got into this condition.
Ok, then how I do I roll back the 7.15 calibre to 6.13? Presumably the database schemas are different. The APT package manager on the 7.15 system seems to think that 6.13 is still installed though when I run calibre it is 7.15. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
creator of calibre
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 44,163
Karma: 22670164
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
|
update debian there's no reliable way to go backwards between major calibre versions.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
the rook, bossing Never.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 12,017
Karma: 88064427
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
|
Also check if ibus is installed and working? I found that without it most QT using programs, inc Calibre Editor, would ignore the Compose key. It seems to also have Asian input schemes.
I'm using Linux Mint 21.3 with Mate Desktop, which is vaguely related to Ubuntu and Debian (I've used both of those in the past). |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Enhancement request: special characters, invisible characters and html entities. | PenguinCEO | Editor | 15 | 04-08-2020 05:26 PM |
Vertical text : asian characters unturned | fxp33 | Sigil | 7 | 08-22-2014 06:38 AM |
¿Convert unicode decomposed characters to unique/normal characters? | JohnQwerty | Calibre | 3 | 04-05-2012 12:08 PM |
Typing non-ASCII characters with the keyboard | Edmundo | Amazon Kindle | 5 | 01-20-2011 01:18 PM |
support for asian characters | Justice Strike | Sony Reader | 16 | 09-15-2009 03:17 AM |