source: general/sysutils/ibus.xml@ 8aeb474

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY ibus-download-http "http://ibus.googlecode.com/files/ibus-&ibus-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ibus-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY ibus-md5sum        "b53ec9c4579900c48d41be89b45c4122">
  <!ENTITY ibus-size          "1.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY ibus-buildsize     "40 MB">
  <!ENTITY ibus-time          "0.5 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="ibus" xreflabel="IBus-&ibus-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="ibus.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>IBus-&ibus-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ibus">
    <primary sortas="a-ibus">IBus</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to IBus</title>

    <para>
      <application>IBus</application> is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new
      input framework for Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly
      input method user interface.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ibus-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ibus-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &ibus-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &ibus-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &ibus-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &ibus-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">IBus Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dconf"/>,
      <xref linkend="iso-codes"/> and
      <xref linkend="pyxdg"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="dbus-python"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ibus"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of IBus</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>IBus</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/ibus \
            --enable-dconf \
            --disable-gconf \
            --disable-gtk2 &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-dconf</option>: This switch enables use
      of the <application>DConf</application> for the settings
      backend.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-gconf</option>: This switch disables use
      of the <application>GConf</application> in favour of
      <application>DConf</application>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-gtk2</option>: This switch disables building
      of the <application>GTK+ 2</application> immodule. Remove it if
      you have installed <application>GTK+ 2</application> and wish
      to build the <application>GTK+ 2</application> immodule.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          ibus, ibus-daemon and ibus-setup
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libibus-1.0.so and im-ibus.so
          (<application>GTK+ Immodule</application>)
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/dconf/db/ibus.d,
          /usr/include/ibus-1.0,
          /usr/lib/ibus,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/ibus and
          /usr/share/ibus
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ibus-daemon">
        <term><command>ibus-daemon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Intelligent Input Bus Daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus ibus-daemon">
            <primary sortas="b-ibus-daemon">ibus-daemon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ibus-setup">
        <term><command>ibus-setup</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>GTK+</application> program used to configure
            the <command>ibus-daemon</command>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus ibus-setup">
            <primary sortas="b-ibus-setup">ibus-setup</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libibus-1.0">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libibus-1.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains <application>IBus</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ibus libibus-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libibus-1.0">libibus-1.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>