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diff --git a/doc/package-notes.xml b/doc/package-notes.xml index 1f088e8aaa0ea..05e820bcabe5e 100644 --- a/doc/package-notes.xml +++ b/doc/package-notes.xml @@ -814,4 +814,64 @@ citrix_receiver.override { </para> </section> </section> + <section xml:id="sec-ibus-typing-booster"> + <title>ibus-engines.typing-booster</title> + + <para>This package is an ibus-based completion method to speed up typing.</para> + + <section xml:id="sec-ibus-typing-booster-activate"> + <title>Activating the engine</title> + + <para> + IBus needs to be configured accordingly to activate <literal>typing-booster</literal>. The configuration + depends on the desktop manager in use. For detailed instructions, please refer to the + <link xlink:href="https://mike-fabian.github.io/ibus-typing-booster/documentation.html">upstream docs</link>. + </para> + <para> + On NixOS you need to explicitly enable <literal>ibus</literal> with given engines + before customizing your desktop to use <literal>typing-booster</literal>. This can be achieved + using the <literal>ibus</literal> module: +<programlisting>{ pkgs, ... }: { + i18n.inputMethod = { + enabled = "ibus"; + ibus.engines = with pkgs.ibus-engines; [ typing-booster ]; + }; +}</programlisting> + </para> + </section> + + <section xml:id="sec-ibus-typing-booster-customize-hunspell"> + <title>Using custom hunspell dictionaries</title> + + <para> + The IBus engine is based on <literal>hunspell</literal> to support completion in many languages. + By default the dictionaries <literal>de-de</literal>, <literal>en-us</literal>, <literal>es-es</literal>, + <literal>it-it</literal>, <literal>sv-se</literal> and <literal>sv-fi</literal> + are in use. To add another dictionary, the package can be overridden like this: +<programlisting>ibus-engines.typing-booster.override { + langs = [ "de-at" "en-gb" ]; +}</programlisting> + </para> + <para> + <emphasis>Note: each language passed to <literal>langs</literal> must be an attribute name in + <literal>pkgs.hunspellDicts</literal>.</emphasis> + </para> + </section> + + <section xml:id="sec-ibus-typing-booster-emoji-picker"> + <title>Built-in emoji picker</title> + + <para> + The <literal>ibus-engines.typing-booster</literal> package contains a program + named <literal>emoji-picker</literal>. To display all emojis correctly, + a special font such as <literal>noto-fonts-emoji</literal> is needed: + </para> + <para> + On NixOS it can be installed using the following expression: +<programlisting>{ pkgs, ... }: { + fonts.fonts = with pkgs; [ noto-fonts-emoji ]; +}</programlisting> + </para> + </section> + </section> </chapter> |