gtk-query-immodules-2.0(1) User Commands gtk-query-immodules-2.0(1)NAMEgtk-query-immodules-2.0 - create a cache file used by GTK+ to effi‐
ciently locate input method modules
SYNOPSISgtk-query-immodules-2.0 [immodule] [immodule...]
DESCRIPTIONgtk-query-immodules-2.0 searches for input method (IM) modules for GTK+
and and writes information about them to stdout. If the output is
redirected to /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules, then this will cause the GTK+
library to use these modules by default. This program is typically
used by developers who are packaging GTK+ software which adds addi‐
tional modules.
IM modules can be selected by right-clicking on input fields when run‐
ning GTK+ programs. An input method is a software component that con‐
verts key presses into text input that cannot be typed directly. Input
methods are normally used to input text for languages that have more
characters than can fit on a standard keyboard. Input methods are com‐
monly used for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean text but are also used for
other languages such as Thai and Hindi.
If any modules are specified on the command line, gtk-query-immod‐
ules-2.0 only looks at those particular files. If no modules are speci‐
fied on the command line, gtk-query-immodules-2.0 scans the user's
GTK_PATH environment variable and looks at all IM modules that are
specified there.
When run, gtk-query-immodules-2.0 creates context information for each
module. Each module has one or more contexts. If no IM modules are
specified on the command line, the scanned paths are included as a com‐
ment in the output.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
immodule Specify the pathname to an IM module. This can be a
full pathname, or relative to the current working
directory.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Installing a new Input Method module myimmodule.so
example% gtk_version=`pkg-config --variable=gtk_binary_version gtk-2.0`
example% cp myimmodule.so /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/$gtk_version/immodules
example% gtk-query-immodules-2.0 > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of gtk-query-immodules-2.0:
GTK_PATH Specifies directories to prepend to the input
method module path.
GTK_IM_MODULE Specifies what IM modules to use, in preference
to the IM module determined from the locale
GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE Specifies the file that lists the IM modules to
load. This environment variable overrides the
im_module_file specified in the RC files, which
in turn overrides the default value in the sys‐
tem gtk.immodules file.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0
The command-line executable for the application.
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/version/immodules
Default location of IM modules.
/etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules
The GTK+ input method modules file.
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk
Location of developer documentation
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │library/desktop/gtk2 │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Committed │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgdk-pixbuf-csource(1), gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders(1), glib-genmarshal(1),
glib-gettextize(1), glib-mkenums(1), gobject-query(1), gtk-update-icon-
cache(1), libgtk-x11-2.0(3), attributes(5), environ(5), gnome-inter‐
faces(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 21 Oct 2007 gtk-query-immodules-2.0(1)
