GTK-QUERY-IMMODULE(1)

🎀 GTK-QUERY-IMMODULE(1) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for gtk-query-immodules-2.0 — that's section 1 of the manual, iykyk 💅. It's an input method module registration utility, and no, that's not as scary as it sounds. Sit down, hydrate, let's go ✨

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💖 NAME 💖

gtk-query-immodules-2.0 — the input method module registration utility 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gtk-query-immodules-2.0 [--update-cache] [module...]

literally the whole vibe in one line, periodt 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: gtk-query-immodules-2.0 goes around collecting info about loadable input method modules for GTK+, and then it writes all of that out — either to the default cache file location, or straight to stdout 👑

if you call it with no arguments, it goes looking for modules in the GTK+ input method module path. no arguments = full sweep, main character energy 🌈

if you call it with arguments, it looks for exactly those specified modules instead. those arguments can be absolute or relative paths, both are valid, both slay 💜

normally the output of gtk-query-immodules-2.0 gets written to libdir/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache — that's where GTK+ looks for it by default, no cap ✨. but if it ends up written somewhere else, bestie, you can set the environment variable GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE to point GTK+ at that file instead. easy fix, we love a backup plan 🍓

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --update-cache — writes the output to the default cache location instead of stdout. so instead of yelling into the terminal, it actually files it away where it belongs 💅

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

the environment variable GTK_PATH can be used to prepend directories to the input method module path. yes, prepend — it goes at the front, star of the show, first in line 👑

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💀 BUGS 💀

none known yet. genuinely iconic. a flawless run 😭🔥

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ok that's the whole page, you ate that 💖 go forth and register some input method modules, bestie 🎀

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sign-off tea: this lil page came from [FIXME: source] (yes, the source line really says that, we don't make the rules 🙈) and it's dated 08/05/2026 ⭐. mwah, bye 🫶