ibus not working with JabRef 5 testversion

[wujastyk]

JabRef 5.0-dev--snapshot--2019-08-27--master--84436d795
Linux 5.0.0-25-generic amd64
Java 11.0.4

• [X ] I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. start Jabref 5 testversion
2. switch to one of the installed Ibus keyboards
3. when typing in the Jabref search box or in the entry editor, the international characters are not produced.

[wujastyk]

Ibus works okay with the snap versions of 5, both edge and beta of late August 2019.

[Siedlerchr]

Could you please test, if this issue is still existing in the latest master?
https://help.jabref.org/en/Installation#jabref-5x
Use the JabRef-linux-master latest.tar.gz version, it now includes all necessary libraries to run JabRef.

[wujastyk]

It is still not working with today's snap. Can't type diacriticals. Sent from Android phone

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[Siedlerchr]

This seems to be some sepcific ibus problem. By default Xubuntu seems to use XIM? and I can type things like àndre without problems.

[wujastyk]

Ibus works fine with JabRef 4.3.1

[buhtz]

私も。
I can reproduce the error, too. It does not matter if IBUS is set to "Use same imput method for all windows" or not.

Using Debian 10.1 with IBUS (1.5.19-4) with "Japanisch - Anthy" imput method.
JabRef 5.0-dev--snapshot--2019-09-17--master--a01ea2001
Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 amd64
Java 11.0.4

[tobiasdiez]

With the switch to Java 11, the default changed from gtk2 to gtk3. That might be a reason. Thus, please make sure that ibus-gtk3 is installed and follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBus#GTK_applications. Does the IBUS input work in gedit?

[wujastyk]

I installed ibus-gtk3, but it did not bring ibus to JabRef 5 dev (3 Oct 2019 deb).

[buhtz]

JabRef 5.0.0-dev--2019-10-06----ce9ef18fc
Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 amd64
Java 11.0.4
Debian 10

My ibus-gtk3 was still installed. It does not fix the problem.

I installed gedit for testing purpose. Ibus works fine with it.

I also tried the ArchLinux Wiki link.

$ export | grep GTK_IM
declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE="ibus"

$ locate immodules.cache
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache

$ export GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache
$ export | grep GTK_IM
declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE="ibus"
declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache"

Ibus still not working here with JabRef.

btw: When JabRef is open and has the focus. I still can switch with between the Ibus input methodes via my keyboard shortcut. And the small Ibus window indicating the switch of the input methode still shows up. But this has no effect on JabRef.