imsettings-switch(1)

📦 version 1.8.12, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💅 imsettings-switch(1) — the switch-ur-input-method era ✨

okay bestie, welcome to imsettings-switch(1), the little command that lives inside the imsettings manual and does exactly one iconic thing: it flips ur Input Method. no cap. let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

imsettings-switch — Switch Input Method

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

imsettings-switch [ -hnqrx ] [ --no-update ] [ --quiet ] [ --restart ] [
                  --read-xinputrc ] [ --help ] [Input Method name |
                  configuration filename]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically, imsettings-switch switches the Input Method that's being managed under imsettings. that's the whole job. main character energy, honestly 👑

now, the tea: you gotta hand over either an Input Method name or a configuration filename — like, one of them is required, fr fr. the only exception is if you pass the --read-xinputrc option, which lets it figure out the target all by itself from $HOME/.config/imsettings/xinputrc or $xinputrcdir/xinputrc 🎀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-`). a lil summary of the options is right here, bestie:

  • -n, --no-update — don't update $HOME/imsettings/xinputrc. like, if you skip this option, imsettings-switch will go ahead and update it with the targeted Input Method. so if you're not trying to touch that file, use this 🙈
  • -q, --quiet — do not show any messages except errors. silent mode, lowkey mysterious, only speaks up when something's actually wrong 💀
  • -r, --restart — restart the given Input Method, or the one that gets determined from xinputrc by the --read-xinputrc option. giving it the old ✨refresh✨
  • -x, --read-xinputrc — determine the targeted Input Method from $HOME/imsettings/xinputrc or $xinputrcdir/xinputrc if not available. let it read the vibes and decide 🧚
  • -h, --help — show summary of options. the classic, the icon, the "wait what were the flags again" button 🫶
  • Input Method name — switch the Input Method to Input Method name. that's it, that's the arg 💅
  • configuration filename — switch the Input Method to configuration filename. same energy, different input 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

imsettings-list(1) imsettings-reload(1)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

this manual page was written by Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org> — shoutout to the legend 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie! this came from the imsettings-switch(1) manual, dated Apr 10, 2013. go forth and switch those Input Methods, you absolute queen 👑✨💖

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