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0017661ScribusText Frames / Story Editorpublic2025-10-30 14:18
ReporterLFRon Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version1.7.0 
Summary0017661: Cannot type Chinese through Fcitx5 framework
DescriptionI found I cannot input Chinese character through fcitx5,I think Scribus's AppImage does not include the fcitx5 backend.Could developer add the fcitx5 and ibus input framework support?Thanks!�
Steps To Reproduce1. Install fcitx5 and fcitx5-pinyin and set the input environment like "GTK_IM_MODULE" and "QT_IM_MODULE"
2. Download the latest Scribus AppImage
3. Open and try inputing Chinese character through fcitx5
4. And you will find which cannot input
Tagsfcitx5
PatchNo

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ale

2025-10-21 17:51

manager   ~0053095

Do you happen to know what is needed on our side to support Fcitx5?

Is it https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fcitx5-frontend-qt6 ?

If you (or somebody else) wants to help, here is the Docker image we're using for creating the nightlly Appimage:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus-ci-docker

You can use it to locally create an Appimage and test it on your computer...
I can provide instructions for doing it.

LFRon

2025-10-27 09:12

reporter   ~0053131

Yeah I am using Scribus AppImage Nightly 1.7.0,and I am very sure that I have installed the fcitx5-frontend and I can use Fcitx5 at Dolphin/KDE Settings and other Qt6 apps.But cannot using it on Scribus AppImage.
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LFRon

2025-10-27 09:15

reporter   ~0053132

I remember that Scribus written by Qt5? So maybe there is need: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fcitx5-frontend-qt5

nitramr

2025-10-27 18:45

developer   ~0053133

Scribus 1.7.x requires minimum Qt 6.4.0 better a newer version. See here: https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.7.0_Release (at bottom)

LFRon

2025-10-29 10:04

reporter   ~0053149

Since then,maybe the AppImage needs: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fcitx5-frontend-qt6

ale

2025-10-30 07:25

manager   ~0053150

As a next step, here are tickets for Krita, Inkscape, and FreeCAD:

- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422465
- https://github.com/freecad/freecad/issues/24391
- https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/2218

I will check if they can be solved for our nightly Appimage by tweaking the Docker image.

LFRon

2025-10-30 14:18

reporter   ~0053152

Wow nice!Thanks for your hard work�

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-10-21 15:55 LFRon New Issue
2025-10-21 15:55 LFRon Tag Attached: fcitx5
2025-10-21 17:51 ale Note Added: 0053095
2025-10-21 18:51 jghali Category Qt5 Port => Text Frames / Story Editor
2025-10-27 09:12 LFRon Note Added: 0053131
2025-10-27 09:12 LFRon File Added: 图片.png
2025-10-27 09:15 LFRon Note Added: 0053132
2025-10-27 18:45 nitramr Note Added: 0053133
2025-10-29 10:04 LFRon Note Added: 0053149
2025-10-30 07:25 ale Note Added: 0053150
2025-10-30 14:18 LFRon Note Added: 0053152