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Workflow for fcitx5-quwei

(See <https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Develop_an_simple_input_method#A_quick_start:_Quwei>.)

  1. Install dependencies:

    $ sudo apt install gettext libfcitx5core-dev fcitx5-modules-dev fcitx5-module-punctuation-dev
$ sudo apt install fcitx5

  2. Compile

    $ git clone https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5-quwei
$ cd fcitx5-quwei/
$ mkdir -p build && cd build/
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/.fcitx-dev -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
$ make
$ make install

  3. Run and debug

    $ fcitx5 -rd
$ fcitx5-configtool  # search available input methods for Quwei and double-click to add

    Fails with:

    E2023-11-03 23:38:43.404569 addonloader.cpp:32] Could not locate library libquwei.so for addon quwei.
I2023-11-03 23:38:43.404623 addonmanager.cpp:188] Could not load addon quwei

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For Developers:

Example: https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx5-quwei

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