How to Create a table for ibus-table

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1. Assume the DATADIR is /usr/share.
2. Copy ${DATADIR}/ibus-table/tables/template.txt for the template to begin with. Assume it is your-im-table.txt.
3. Make an icon for your im, assume it is your-im-table.svg.
4. Edit the your-im-table.txt to suit your need.
5. Fill the actual table content between BEGIN_TABlE and END_TABlE.
   • The 1st field is Input Key: the key sequence to produce the word/phrase
   • The 2nd field is Phrase: Word/phrase to be produced.
   • The 3rd field is Frequency: The usage frequency of that phrase. Phrases with more frequency will be in front of candidate list.
6. Install ibus-table if you have not.
7. Run

   ibus-table-createdb -n ${DATADIR}/ibus-table/tables/your-im-table.db -s your-im.table.txt
   cp your-im-table.svg ${DATADIR}/ibus-table/icons/
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8. Restart ibus-daemon by

   ibus-daemon -drx
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9. Open ibus-setup, add your newly created input method then enjoy!

It is recommended to split database building and index creating, as it makes distro packagers' life easier.

Use -o option of ibus-table-create to build database without creating index; use -i option of ibus-table-create to create index without building database.

Install the database file which is built by ibus-table-create -o, and create index with ibus-table-create -i in your post-install script script.