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Setting input methods and keyboard layouts through iBus
IBus is the default interface to manage keyboard layouts and input methods in Trisquel 11. As such, it is selected by default in System > Preferences > Personal > Language Support (also available in Control Center).
IBus settings are managed in System > Preferences > Other > Ibus Preferences, or by running $ ibus-setup There you can add one or more layouts in the "Input method" tab.
If you need to install non-Latin methods like ibus-anthy or ibus-pinyin or ibus-hangul, you can look for available methods by searching 'ibus' in Synaptics (System > Administration) or by running: $ apt search ^ibus Then you can install the packages you need, either by selecting them for install in Synaptic, or running: apt install ibus-pinyin or apt install ibus-anthy or apt install ibus-hangul If you want the iBus layout icon to show in the panel, you can add a Notification Area where suitable and check the "Show icon on system tray" option in the "General" tab in Ibus Preferences. A layout status popup will also be displayed while using the Super+Space keyboard shortcut to cycle between layouts.
Setting keyboard properties
It is also possible to use the Keyboard Properties interface in System > Preferences > Hardware > Keyboard, but it is avised not to use the "Layouts" tab there, and instead to add layouts through the "Input Method" tab in IBus Preferences.
If you would rather not use any input method manager at all, you should modify the selection in Language Support to "None" and use Keyboard properties to configure all keyboard related options, including adding and managing layouts.
Other input methods
You can also use another input method, like "fcitx". I order to list available input methods with fcitx you can also run: $ apt search ^fcitx
and follow the same installation procedure as for iBus methods.
