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IM-SWITCH(8)							  IM-SWITCH(8)

NAME
       im-switch - set up input method for X Window

SYNOPSIS
       im-switch [-v][-z ll_CC] -s inputmethodname

       im-switch [-v][-z ll_CC] -c

       im-switch [-v][-z ll_CC] -a

       im-switch [-v][-z ll_CC] -l

       im-switch -h


DESCRIPTION
       This manual page very briefly documents the im-switch command.

       The 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.

       Some input methods such as SCIM support not only one of these CJK  lan‐
       guages  but  support almost all languages simultaneously by dynamically
       switching keyboard modes with GUI.

       The most desirable input method is provided as the configurable	system
       wide  default  using  Debian  alternatives mechanism with /etc/alterna‐
       tives/xinput-ll_CC link.

       The X start up code sources /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch which  read
       the  configuration  file and activates the input method.	 The user con‐
       figuration files and links are located in ~/.xinput.d/  .   The	system
       configuration files and links are located in /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ .

       im-switch understands the following options:

       -v     Display verbose message during execution.

       -z ll_CC
	      Set  up the input method for X run under ll_CC locale (ISO 639 /
	      ISO 3188).  When changing the fallback default for all  locales,
	      use  all_ALL  as the quasi-locale value here.  The setup by this
	      all_ALL does not overide specific setups.

       -s inputmethodname
	      Set up the input method to use inputmethodname.

       -c     Configure the input method with menu.

       -a     Reset the input method to the system default.

       -l     List the input method configuration.

       -h     Print a help message to the standard output and exit.

SEE ALSO
       update-alternatives(8)		/usr/share/doc/im-switch/README.Debian
       /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default

AUTHOR
       This  manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>, for the
       Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								  IM-SWITCH(8)

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