IM-CONFIG(8)

💖 IM-CONFIG(8) — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair 🪑 because this is the im-config page from the System Manager's Manual, and it's about setting up your input method framework configuration. yes. that one. the thing that makes your keyboard actually speak the language you want it to speak. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

im-config — set up input method framework configuration ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

im-config [OPTION]

that's it. that's the whole entrance. she's lowkey minimal 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, no skips, we do not leave a single flag behind in this house 🫶

• -p — lists all possible input method frameworks straight to STDOUT, even if the packages that go with them aren't installed on your system. like, manifesting every option into existence 💫
• -i — lists all the input method frameworks that are actually installed to STDOUT. the real ones. the ones who showed up.
• -d — lists default values to STDOUT. the baseline. the blueprint 📋
• -r — reports configuration values to STDOUT. receipts, basically 🧾
• -w input_method_name — writes the IM framework, like, <input_method_name>. (the original page spells this "Wite" and honestly? we respect the typo era 🎀 the meaning is write.)
• -c — use console terminal dialog 💬
• -q — quiet logging 🤫
• -v — verbose logging 🗣️ (the opposite energy of the above, and we love both)
• -t function_name — test execute <function_name> 🧪
• -h — print this message 🖨️

and then, bestie, this little note lives right under -h:

this program is normally invoked without options.

most of the options above are for debugging and self testing. so if you're just here to live your life, you can ignore like 90% of this list, no cap 🙈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

im-config provides the framework to configure the input method framework on an X11 system — that's i.e. for the original X Window, the classic one, the OG 🌈

like, she's the middleman between you and your input method. matchmaker energy fr fr 💘

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🩹 TROUBLESHOOT 🩹

if you've got a problem, girl, run this and read the output:

journalctl -b -t im-config

and if your trouble is specifically around keyboard input? please file a bug report on the im-config package using reportbug(1) — that tool automatically adds the output from above for you, so you don't have to do the copy-paste gymnastics. slay, honestly 👑

you can also just disable im-config entirely, like:

im-config -n none

and that's it. she's off duty. bye bestie 👋

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• /usr/share/doc/im-config/README.Debian

go read her. she knows things 📖

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but she may be used by others 🫶

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okay and for the lil sign-off: this whole thing comes to you from the System Manager's Manual, filed under IM-CONFIG(8) — so if you ever need to find her again, that's the address. she lives there. periodt 💅✨⭐