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0017661ScribusText Frames / Story Editorpublic2025-11-08 11:27
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�

LFRon

2025-11-07 07:38

reporter   ~0053176

So if the fcitx5-frontend has added to the AppImage ?

ale

2025-11-08 11:27

manager   ~0053186

I'm going to look into into it, but since I cannot really test if it works or not, it's not really high on my priorities.

If you have the skills to compile Scribus or know somebody who is using the fcitx5 frontend and can do that, I can give you instructions on how to create yourself an Appimage that you can test and give me then a feedback, what is the minimal change needed to get it to 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
2025-11-07 07:38 LFRon Note Added: 0053176
2025-11-08 11:27 ale Note Added: 0053186