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25.2; can't activate fcitx even though env is set up correctly

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Leonard Lausen <leonard <at> lausen.nl>
Cc: 27312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27312: 25.2; can't activate fcitx even though env is set up correctly
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:10:56 -0400

Leonard Lausen <leonard <at> lausen.nl> writes:

> Even though all environment variables are (afaik) set up correctly, and
> fcitx is working in all other programs, it does not work in emacs GUI
> mode. It works fine if I start emacs in the terminal.

By the "GUI mode" do you mean 'emacs' vs 'emacs -nw'?  Or do you mean
that the you use a different kind of launcher?

> I compiled emacs myself using the Gentoo ebuild.
>
> I would be very thankful for any suggestions. Currently I believe it is
> a bug in emacs (?).
>
> Specifically:
> ➜  ~ cat .xprofile
> export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
> export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
> export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
> export LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8

If you evaluate (getenv "XMODIFIERS") do you get the expected value?
Does evaluating (setenv "XMODIFIERS" "@im=fcitx") help?

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