Input Methods (IM) help you to type in languages that have a large number of characters, or that use complex characters such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
Oracle Solaris Desktop provides different IM Frameworks either installed on the system or available for installation from the repository. One of the main IM frameworks in Oracle Solaris Desktop is the Intelligent Input Bus (IBus).
The IBus framework provides the following features:
A complete engine for handling most of the Asian languages.
Keyboard layout emulation support for many regions including EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
Support for virtual keyboards and X keyboard data emulation.
By default, IM is activated only when you log in by using the following languages:
Japanese
Chinese
Korean
Thai
Indic
For other languages, IM is not activated by default. You must activate it manually through the Input Method Framework Selector.
The Input Method Framework Selector window is displayed.