Assign language switching to any key - Google IME
Language Switching Key Setup Technique
You can select the subtitle language from the gear icon. A separate video is available for the English version.
Other languages are machine-translated and not very precise, but many languages are supported.
Table of Contents
0:00 Assigning Language Switching to a Key
00:30 I Don't Like Windows IME
01:23 Hasn't the meaning of "Half-width/Full-width" been lost?
01:49 You can also customize keys with Microsoft IME
02:50 What about Goggle IME?
04:30 Download and install Google IME
05:26 Check Google IME key settings
06:48 Add Google IME key settings
10:12 Check Google IME operation
10:46 Import/export Google IME key settings
12:20 Mac-like language switching method
14:38 For Linux
-- Google IME download site -
https://www.google.co.jp/ime/
-- Half-width/Full-width key settings -
Mode Input key Command
Pre-conversion input: Disable Hankake/Zenkaku IME
Conversion input: Disable Hankake/Zenkaku IME
Direct input: Enable Hankake/Zenkaku IME
No input: Disable Hankake/Zenkaku IME
-- Set the Katakana/Hiragana key and No Conversion key to behave the same as the Half-width/Full-width key
Pre-conversion input: Disable Hiragana IME
Conversion input: Disable Hiragana IME
Direct input Enable Hiragana IME
Disable Hiragana IME when no characters are input
Disable Muhenkan IME during pre-conversion input
Disable Muhenkan IME during conversion
Enable Muhenkan IME when direct input is used
Disable Muhenkan IME when no characters are input
-- Viewing the half-width/full-width key settings in the exported keymap --
Composition Hankaku/Zenkaku IMEOff
Conversion Hankaku/Zenkaku IMEOff
DirectInput Hankaku/Zenkaku IMEOn
Precomposition Hankaku/Zenkaku IMEOff
-- You can also add the "Katakana/Hiragana" key and the "No Conversion" key settings to the keymap as follows:
Composition Hiragana IMEOff
Conversion Hiragana IMEOff
DirectInput Hiragana IMEOn
Precomposition Hiragana IMEOff
Composition Muhenkan IMEOff
Conversion Muhenkan IMEOff
DirectInput Muhenkan IMEOn
Precomposition Muhenkan IME Off
-- To set language switching on Mac, set the following five lines.
However, this applies to Japanese using Katakana and Hiragana, and English without conversion.
Direct Input: Enable Hiragana IME
No input text: Switch to Hiragana and Hiragana input
No input text: Disable Muhenkan IME
Pre-conversion: Disable Muhenkan IME
Conversion: Disable Muhenkan IME
-- To set this by editing the export file, add the following five lines and import.
DirectInput Hiragana IME On
Precomposition Hiragana InputMode Hiragana
Precomposition Muhenkan IME Off
Composition Muhenkan IME Off
Conversion: Muhenkan IME Off