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The im-switch command provides the framework to configure and to switch the input method on X Window System depending on the locale. This input method is the essential mechanism for Japanese, Chinese and Korean (CJK) languages to enter their non-ASCII native characters.
Some input methods such as IBus, SCIM, and uim support not only one of these CJK languages but support almost all languages simultaneously by dynamically switching keyboard modes with GUI.
The most desirable input method is provided as the configurable system wide default using Debian alternatives mechanism with /etc/alternatives/xinput-ll_CC link.
The X start up code sources /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch which read the configuration file and activates the input method. The user configuration files and links are located in ~/.xinput.d/ . The system configuration files and links are located in /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ .
This structure ensures to have different imput methods to be installed side-by-side.
im-switch understands the following options:
When the im-switch command is invoked without any command arguments, it functions as -c option case. This is meant to be used by the GUI menu.