# ImConfig.py (c) 2012-2014 Canonical
# Author: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[email protected]>
#
# Released under the GPL
#

import os
import subprocess

class ImConfig(object):

def __init__(self):
pass

def available(self):
return os.path.exists('/usr/bin/im-config')

def getAvailableInputMethods(self):
inputMethods = subprocess.check_output(['im-config', '-l']).decode().split()
return sorted(inputMethods)

def getCurrentInputMethod(self):
(systemConfig, userConfig, autoConfig) = \
subprocess.check_output(['im-config', '-m']).decode().split()
if userConfig != 'missing':
return userConfig

"""
no saved user configuration
let's ask the system and save the system configuration as the user ditto
"""
system_conf = ''
if os.path.exists('/usr/bin/fcitx'):
# Ubuntu Kylin special
system_conf = 'fcitx'
elif systemConfig == 'default':
# Using the autoConfig value might be incorrect if the mode in
# /etc/default/im-config is 'cjkv'. However, as from im-config 0.24-1ubuntu1
# the mode is 'auto' for all users of language-selector-gnome.
system_conf = autoConfig
elif os.path.exists('/etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc'):
for line in open('/etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc'):
if line.startswith('run_im'):
system_conf = line.split()[1]
break
if not system_conf:
system_conf = autoConfig
self.setInputMethod(system_conf)
return system_conf

def setInputMethod(self, im):
subprocess.call(['im-config', '-n', im])

if __name__ == '__main__':
im = ImConfig()
print('available input methods: %s' % im.getAvailableInputMethods())
print('current method: %s' % im.getCurrentInputMethod())
print("setting method 'fcitx'")
im.setInputMethod('fcitx')
print('current method: %s' % im.getCurrentInputMethod())
print('removing ~/.xinputrc')
im.setInputMethod('REMOVE')