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i have seen the threads of How do I switch input modes in mozc without going to the IBus menu? and Make IBus-Mozc start in Hiragana rather than Direct input mode

but as ibus-mozc is suppose to be an japanese ime can direct input mode not be used to input kana and kanji? if so how does one do that?

Fuseteam
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  • Some Japanese keyboard has MOD keys for swicting Hiragana, Katakana and Alphabet. – Sadaharu Wakisaka Oct 13 '17 at 03:58
  • so by assigning those mod keys to some shortcut you can switch between all three while still in direct input mode? – Fuseteam Oct 13 '17 at 16:41
  • No you have to change MOZC first inside Mozc direct input (alphabet half-width is available),anyway you can do it. Open Mozc Tool > Keymap style customize > Mozc keymap editor. Since 14.04 fcitx-mozc perform better, I hope ibus-mozc will be better in 18.04 LTS – Sadaharu Wakisaka Oct 13 '17 at 23:39
  • Changing the mod key for "activate ime" and "deactivate ime" to ctrl+` Did the trick to switch keyboard within direct input. Iwonder what happened to ibus-anthy – Fuseteam Oct 17 '17 at 13:46
  • I heard ibus was tumbling. Mod key(s) can be set by the window https://askubuntu.com/questions/930493/anthy-japanese-is-using-japanese-keyboard-layout-how-do-i-use-us/930565#930565. And for now, I think fcitx-mozc is best for 16.04 LTS. 17.10 release ibus project is coming back. – Sadaharu Wakisaka Oct 18 '17 at 10:32
  • ohw i see interesting, what do you mean by the window? – Fuseteam Oct 18 '17 at 12:17
  • Well, the linked page I explained ibus-anthy setup window. You can also change Mod keys for fcitx-mozc Input Method Configuration window. My favorite keyboard is HHKB and I assign Trigger Input to R_alt. – Sadaharu Wakisaka Oct 19 '17 at 03:03
  • I see I see Interesting maybe you can convert your comments into an answer I think you've answered my question – Fuseteam Oct 19 '17 at 21:00
  • Thank you for your compliment, but I think my answer doesn't directly resolve the problem itself. And I tried ibus-mozc or fcitx-anthy, too. They do work, only the fcitx-mozc has less problems than others for now today. – Sadaharu Wakisaka Oct 20 '17 at 22:51
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    But it does answer the questions aka"ibus-moxc direct input mode works with mod keys to switch between inputting kana/kanji and romaji" – Fuseteam Oct 21 '17 at 02:48

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This is about ibus-mozc on 16.04 LTS.

You have to activate ibus first, then set your favorite MOD Key for toggle ibus on/off by default, probably it is set to Super + Space but this might conflict other global hotkey/keyboard shortcuts, I recommend to change it, e.g. Control + Space or R_Alt whatever you don't usually use it.

When you type alphabet ibus off, when you type Japanese Hiragana ibus on.

p.s. Now I think fcitx-mozc has less problems than ibus-mozc. And ibus team will release a new project soon after 17.10 and 18.04 LTS.

Sadaharu Wakisaka
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