[SOLVED] How to enable UIM in Firefox, LibreOffice, etc.

Question

I've installed UIM and anthy on my system, but I can't seem to use it with Firefox, OpenOffice, or any program except gedit. This is my current .xinitrc file:
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
# Do not launch dbus before ConsoleKit (FS#25031)
#[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
[ "$f" -ne "/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/30-dbus" ] && [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# Start Japanese Input Stuff
export GTK_IM_MODULE='uim'
export QT_IM_MODULE='uim'
uim-xim &
export XMODIFIERS='@im=uim'
#uim-toolbar-gtk &
uim-toolbar-gtk-systray &
# End Japanese Input Stuff
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
When I log on, I only see a blue circle icon on the uim toolbar:
If I open Firefox or LibreOffice, this doesn't change (Firefox is the primary place I'll be using the Japanese input). If I open gedit, the full toolbar appears (five icons):
This does not dissappear if I switch to other applications, but the Japanese input only seems to work in gedit. Am I missing something, or did I configure something incorrectly? What do I need to do to enable Japanese input in Firefox and LibreOffice? It seems that I'm almost there, but I can't seem to figure out the last steps.
If there is a better forum to post this in, please let me know.
Last edited by mukti (2014-03-25 18:39:29)

Answer 1

I figured it out. I had SCIM and SCIM-anthy installed (from previous attempts to get Japanese input enabled). After uninstalling them, I was able to reboot and use uim to input japanese text into Firefox, OpenOffice, and even a terminal!