Fcitx “Extra key for trigger input method” changes back to default after restart
Using Ubuntu 15.10. Configuring input using the Input Method Configuration screen. Whenever I change Extra key for trigger input method it works for only that session. Once I restart the computer it goes back to the default value of SHIFT Both which is annoying.
Is there a config file that is being overwritten every time I boot up? How can I prevent this?
configuration input-method fcitx
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
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Using Ubuntu 15.10. Configuring input using the Input Method Configuration screen. Whenever I change Extra key for trigger input method it works for only that session. Once I restart the computer it goes back to the default value of SHIFT Both which is annoying.
Is there a config file that is being overwritten every time I boot up? How can I prevent this?
configuration input-method fcitx
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Mar 31 '16 at 14:55
Larry YangLarry Yang
263
So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47
|
show 1 more comment
Using Ubuntu 15.10. Configuring input using the Input Method Configuration screen. Whenever I change Extra key for trigger input method it works for only that session. Once I restart the computer it goes back to the default value of SHIFT Both which is annoying.
Is there a config file that is being overwritten every time I boot up? How can I prevent this?
configuration input-method fcitx
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Mar 31 '16 at 14:55
Larry YangLarry Yang
263
Using Ubuntu 15.10. Configuring input using the Input Method Configuration screen. Whenever I change Extra key for trigger input method it works for only that session. Once I restart the computer it goes back to the default value of SHIFT Both which is annoying.
Is there a config file that is being overwritten every time I boot up? How can I prevent this?
configuration input-method fcitx
configuration input-method fcitx
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
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asked Mar 31 '16 at 14:55
Larry YangLarry Yang
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edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
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asked Mar 31 '16 at 14:55
Larry YangLarry Yang
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edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:52
Zanna
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Zanna
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Larry YangLarry Yang
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asked Mar 31 '16 at 14:55
Larry YangLarry Yang
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So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47
|
show 1 more comment
So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47
So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47
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First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.
Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:53
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I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
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@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.
After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
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Changing permission of the config file works for me.
- disable switchKey via
fcitx-configtool
- run
chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
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@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.
Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config
Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.
After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
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First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.
Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:53
Zanna
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answered Apr 1 '16 at 8:19
Larry YangLarry Yang
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add a comment |
First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.
Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:53
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Apr 1 '16 at 8:19
Larry YangLarry Yang
263
add a comment |
First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.
Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:53
Zanna
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answered Apr 1 '16 at 8:19
Larry YangLarry Yang
263
First you can use this command fcitx-configtool to open the fcitx config window,then you can change Extra key for trigger input method to whatever you want.
Then you can cd into the fcitx config folder: cd ~/.config/fcitx and use chmod 444 profile to change the permission of the profile to read only, so that no one can change back to default value.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:53
Zanna
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answered Apr 1 '16 at 8:19
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I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
112
add a comment |
I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
112
add a comment |
I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
112
I had the same problem, until I realized that I was using Sougou Pinyin on top of fcitx. In the settings of Sougou Pinyin, there is a hotkey (the default is SHIFT) for switching between Chinese and English. I believe it overwrites the settings of fcitx. I changed the hotkey to none and now the settings of fcitx are kept. If you are using Sougou Pinyin as I do, that might be the problem.
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
112
edited Apr 1 '17 at 6:51
Zanna
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Zanna
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Zanna
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answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
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answered Apr 1 '17 at 5:34
Ruikai CaoRuikai Cao
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@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.
After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
add a comment |
@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.
After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
add a comment |
@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.
After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
@LarryYang 's solution didn't work for me, when I restarted my laptop, it seemed that a new profile was created and replaced the old one even after chmod +444 profile is used.
After some experiment I'm sure it is a behavior introduced by sogou pinyin instead of fcitx. Uninstalling sogou pinyin using sudo apt-get purge sogoupinyin saved my day.
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
edited Apr 4 '17 at 6:45
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
answered Apr 4 '17 at 5:39
TC ZhangTC Zhang
1113
1113
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add a comment |
Changing permission of the config file works for me.
- disable switchKey via
fcitx-configtool
- run
chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
add a comment |
Changing permission of the config file works for me.
- disable switchKey via
fcitx-configtool
- run
chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
add a comment |
Changing permission of the config file works for me.
- disable switchKey via
fcitx-configtool
- run
chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
Changing permission of the config file works for me.
- disable switchKey via
fcitx-configtool
- run
chmod 400 ~/.config/fcitx/config
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
edited Aug 7 '17 at 10:55
Zanna
50.4k13133241
50.4k13133241
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
answered Aug 7 '17 at 9:22
Ye XIAYe XIA
1
1
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
add a comment |
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Seems to be pretty much the same as this answer?
– Zanna
Aug 7 '17 at 10:57
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
Is this a "thanks worked for me too" comment to the link @Zanna posted?
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 7 '17 at 16:25
add a comment |
@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.
Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config
Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.
After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
add a comment |
@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.
Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config
Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.
After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
add a comment |
@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.
Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config
Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.
After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
@Larry Yang's answer did not help me either. ~/.config/fcitx/profile seems to re-create and replace itself on each login.
Instead, edit ~/.config/fcitx/config
Change SwitchKey=SHIFT Both to SwitchKey=Disabled or whatever you like.
After saving and exiting, use chmod 400 config to make the configuration persist between logins.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
answered Dec 31 '18 at 5:09
Gary LiuGary Liu
1
1
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So you're just running the normal flavour of Ubuntu? And how exactly are you accessing the settings you speak of?
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:25
thanks and I solved this problem now ,you can use: fcitx-configtool to get this settings
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:26
If you have found the solution please post it as an answer to help others in the future.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:27
Yes I'm going to post the solution tomorrow, it's pretty late in China now, so I will post it tomorrow morning.
– Larry Yang
Mar 31 '16 at 15:32
Right, yes, of course, I understand.
– user364819
Mar 31 '16 at 15:47