ibus-switcher

A gnome shell extension to use d-bus to switch ibus source.

Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Features
• Quickstart
  • Requirements
  • Installation
    • The most recent official release from extensions.gnome.org
    • From source
  • Usage
    • d-bus methods
    • Use dbus-send as example
• Feedback
• License

Features

• Switch ibus input method via d-bus
• Support to switch different InputMode in same source

Quickstart

Requirements

• gnome-shell 45 or later

Run gnome-shell --version in command line to check version.

Installation

The most recent official release from extensions.gnome.org

Visit Ibus-Swither at GNOME Extensions

From source

1. git clone https://github.com/kevinhwang91/gnome-shell-ibus-switcher.git
2. cd gnome-shell-ibus-switcher && make install

Run gnome-extensions enable ibus-switcher@kevinhwang91.github.com to enable the extension.

Usage

d-bus methods

• org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.IbusSwitcher.SourceSize

Get size of input methods, return a unit32 value.

• org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.IbusSwitcher.CurrentSource

Get current input method, return a string value, concatenat index and mode with | delimiter.

• org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.IbusSwitcher.SwitchSource

Switch input method with index (unit32 type) and mode (string type) as parameters, return a string value, which is old value of CurrentSource method.

Use dbus-send as example

• Get current input method

dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply=literal --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/IbusSwitcher org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.IbusSwitcher.CurrentSource

• Switch input method

dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply=literal --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/IbusSwitcher org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.IbusSwitcher.SwitchSource uint32:1 string:中

Feedback

• If you get an issue or come up with an awesome idea, don't hesitate to open an issue in github.
• If you think this plugin is useful or cool, consider rewarding it a star.

License

The project is licensed under a BSD-3-clause license. See LICENSE file for details.