20.3. Input Methods
Changes in IBus
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 includes support for the Intelligent Input Bus (IBus) version 1.5. Support for IBus is now integrated in GNOME.
- Input methods can be added using the
gnome-control-center regioncommand, and thegnome-control-center keyboardcommand can be used to set input hotkeys. - For non-GNOME sessions, ibus can configure both XKB layouts and input methods in the ibus-setup tool and switch them with a hotkey.
- The default hotkey is Super+space, replacing Control+space in ibus included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This provides a similar UI which the user can see with the Alt+Tab combination. Multiple input methods can be switched using the Alt+Tab combination.
Predictive Input Method for IBus
ibus-typing-booster is a predictive input method for the ibus platform. It predicts complete words based on partial input. Users can select the desired word from a list of suggestions and improve their typing speed and spelling. ibus-typing-booster works also with the Hunspell dictionaries and can make suggestions for a language using a Hunspell dictionary.
Note that the ibus-typing-booster package is an optional package, and therefore will not be installed as part of the input-methods group by default.
For more detailed changes in input methods, see Desktop Migration and Administration Guide.
