IBUS-ENGINE-M17N(1)

✨ IBUS-ENGINE-M17N ✨

okay so bestie, gather round, because this is ibus-engine-m17n — the multiple language input engine based on ibus 💖 it's literally the little go-between that lets you type in a whole bunch of languages at once, and it's giving multilingual main character energy 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

ibus-engine-m17n — a multiple language input engine based on ibus 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the way this works is:

ibus-engine-m17n [options] [engines]

and like… this command should run from ibus, don't run it directly 🙈 no cap, it's not a "just vibe in your terminal" situation. ibus is the one who's supposed to launch it, periodt.

Here's the whole options menu, and yes you get all of them:

• -h, --help — shows you this message. your lil "what is going on" button 🫶
• -d, --daemonize — daemonizes the ibus engine ✨ it goes and lives in the background like the independent icon it is
• -l, --list — lists all the m17n input methods 📋 the full roster, everybody's invited
• -a, --all — enables all the m17n input methods 👑 not one, not a few, all of them, go big or go home

🎀 example:

./ibus-engine-m17n zh:py ja:trycode

./ibus-engine-m17n zh:py,pinyin hi:inscript

./ibus-engine-m17n -a

see how it eats?? 😭 first one's two engines, second one's a lil comma-separated duo situation, third one's just "give me everything" energy 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ibus(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this lil gem is ibus-engine-m17n, and it's been serving since December 2008 — yeah, it's an elder icon and it still slays 💀💖 so go forth, let ibus run it, and type in every language your heart desires. bye bestie, ily, stay hydrated 🍓🧚✨