David Elliott <delli...@caltech.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm using fcitx for Chinese input, and noticed that the fcitx window > always appears at the bottom left of the st window rather than at the > cursor, where it should. This issue makes it difficult to use CJK > input methods with st because the user must constantly look back and > forth between the bottom of the screen and the current cursor > position. > > I have tried using both on-the-spot and over-the-spot settings for > xim, but the input method still won't follow the cursor. I tried using > ibus instead of fcitx, and the results were the same: the input method > could enter characters properly, but did not display at the cursor. I > have verified that both input methods display properly in urxvt. I > read the fcitx wiki page, and it seems that this is a problem with st > not reporting the cursor position properly. > > I am using Arch Linux with dwm (patched with gaplessgrid). > > Let me know if you have any suggestions how this could be fixed. > > Thanks, > David
Yup, this is a know issue. Maybe you can get some help from Weng Xuetian <wen...@gmail.com>, he helped to fix st XIM issue. By the way, I think there is another issue with fcitx, when fcitx is restarted, all instances of st that started before fcitx will die.
