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📟 Switch your input method through terminal
https://github.com/daipeihust/im-select

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📟 Switch your input method through terminal

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/daipeihust/im-select
Owner: daipeihust
License: mit
Created: 2018-05-29T05:52:30.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-05-25T08:30:24.000Z (9 months ago)
Last Synced: 2025-02-09T09:07:19.480Z (11 days ago)
Topics: im, keyboard-layout, linux, mac, terminal, windows
Language: C++
Homepage:
Size: 24.5 MB
Stars: 1,061
Watchers: 10
Forks: 75
Open Issues: 24
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Support: support_me.jpeg

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README

# Welcome to **im-select** 👋

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13344830/232276894-f84ee7d9-091e-40dd-8ad4-0b8840456a58.png)

Switch your input method in shell. This project is a basic support for VSCodeVim. It provides the command line program for VSCodeVim's autoSwitchIM function.

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[English](./README.md) | [简体中文](./README_CN.md)

## Prerequisites

- using [VSCodeVim](https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim)
- have a Mac/Windows/Linux device
- download [git-bash](https://gitforwindows.org/)(if you on windows)
- know how to use [shell](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell)

## Install

### macOS

#### Homebrew

```shell
brew tap daipeihust/tap
brew install im-select
```

Or you can run following command in your console:

```shell
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daipeihust/im-select/master/install_mac.sh | sh
```

The im-select program will be downloaded to your `/usr/local/bin/` path.

### windows

Download the [im-select.exe](https://github.com/daipeihust/im-select/raw/master/win/out/x86/im-select.exe), and move it to the proper path.(If you need the 64 bit version, you can download [this one](https://github.com/daipeihust/im-select/raw/master/im-select-win/out/x64/im-select.exe).)

### linux

You don't have to install this for linux. linux have tools to switch input methods

## Usage

## macOS
If your PATH contains `/usr/local/bin`, you can just use `im-select` instead of `/usr/local/bin/im-select`
### To get current input method key
```shell
/usr/local/bin/im-select
```
### To switch current input method
```shell
/usr/local/bin/im-select imkey
```
For example `/usr/local/bin/im-select com.apple.keylayout.US`

## linux

### ibus

[@mengbo](https://github.com/mengbo) provided this configuration for ibus

```
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "xkb:us::eng",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "/usr/bin/ibus engine",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "/usr/bin/ibus engine {im}"
```

### xkb-switch

[@VEL4EG](https://github.com/VEL4EG) provided this configuration for xkb-switch

```
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "us",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "/usr/local/bin/xkb-switch",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "/usr/local/bin/xkb-switch -s {im}"
```

### fcitx

[@yunhao94](https://github.com/yunhao94) provided this configuration for fcitx

```
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "1",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "/usr/bin/fcitx-remote",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "/usr/bin/fcitx-remote -t {im}",
```

### gdbus

[@d-r-q](https://github.com/d-r-q) provide this configuration for gdbus

Put `gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval "imports.ui.status.keyboard.getInputSourceManager().currentSource.index" | awk -F'[^0-9]*' '{print $2}'` into get-im.sh.

```
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "0",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": " {im}",
```

### qdbus (KDE)

[@igorechek06](https://igorek.dev) provided this configuration for qdbus

```
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "0",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "/usr/bin/qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts getLayout",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "/usr/bin/qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts setLayout {im}",
```

## windows
The im-select.exe is command line program, but it can't work in cmd or powershell. It's microsoft's bug, the keyboard API doesn't support in cmd and powershell. I recommend you git-bash.

> Note: The git-bash is not required. It's only used to get current input method key, which needed in VSCodeVim's configuration.

## Run tests

### To get current keyboard locale

```shell
/path/to/im-select.exe
```

### To switch current keyboard locale

```shell
/path/to/im-select.exe locale
```

> Note: The path in windows is like: C:\Users\path\to\file

## Author