Details of Japanese input in Linux and comparison of various IM conversion functions

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Comparing Japanese Input Methods on Linux and Their Conversion Features

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Table of Contents
0:00 Details and Comparison of Japanese Input Methods on Linux
01:04 How Japanese Input Works
02:14 About the Input Method Framework (IMF)
03:35 About Japanese Input Systems
05:12 Combining Japanese Input Systems
05:40 Installing and Comparing Japanese Input Systems
06:19 Input Methods Available on Manjaro
06:59 Installing ibus-anthy on Manjaro
08:23 Trying out ibus-anthy on Manjaro
10:07 Is fcitx-anthy Worth Trying on Manjaro?
10:31 Installing fcitx-mozc on Manjaro
11:52 Trying out fcitx-mozc on Manjaro
13:09 Summary

-- Downloading Manjaro -
https://manjaro.org/download/
Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-rpi4-23.02

-- Installing ibus-anthy -
sudo pacman -S ibus-anthy
ibus-setup

sudo nano ~/.xprofile
Add the following three lines and save:
export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus

-- Uninstalling ibus-anthy -
sudo pacman -Rs ibus-anthy

-- Installing fcitx-mozc -
sudo pacman -S fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-im

sudo nano /etc/environment
Add the following three lines to the end and save.
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx