I can't find my installed Ibus "Keyboard Input Methods" in Dash

I have installed ibus Keyboard Input Methods, but I can't find it anywhere in the Dash, so I can't open and use it.

What would be the problem?

Solution 1:

The package name of the Keyboard Input Methods program is ibus. Keyboard Input Methods is a program used to adjust methods for keyboard input. IBus normally automatically starts up at login. To use IBus open any GUI application e.g. gedit, LibreOffice Writer, etc. and start typing in the text input area.

Otherwise ibus can be accessed either from Systems Settings -> Language Support -> Language tab -> dropdown menu to the right of where it says Keyboard input method system: or from the terminal by typing ibus.

If this information isn't sufficient for your purposes, then please provide additional information about what you are trying to use Keyboard Input Methods to do. For example, changing the keyboard input language, if you are using more than one text entry language, can be done quickly using the keyboard combination Super+Space. The Super key has a Microsoft Windows logo on it in many keyboards.

To add the Hindi language go to Systems Settings -> Text Entry -> under Input sources to use: click Hindi. Then click the little keyboard icon to open the Hindi window and display the Hindi keyboard layout. Is the Hindi keyboard layout displayed in the Hindi window? If the Hindi keyboard layout isn't displayed in the Hindi window, you can add it by clicking on the plus button (+) to open the Choose an input source window, selecting the Hindi language from the list of keyboard input languages, and then clicking the Add button to add the Hindi language to the language selection menu that is in the notification area of the desktop panel next to the volume icon and the clock icon.

^{Make sure that "Show current input source in the menu bar" is marked by a check mark.}

^{Add Hindi keyboard layout}

English translation of Monika von Birkenstein's output from running the command ibus from the terminal. Translated and posted below because it wouldn't fit in Monika's first comment, so this is a continuation of that comment.

Usage: ibus COMMAND [OPTION...]

Commands:
  engine         Set or get engine
  exit           Exit ibus-daemon
  list-engine    Show available engines
  watch          (Not implemented)
  restart        Restart ibus-daemon
  version        Show version
  read-cache     Show the content of registry cache
  write-cache    Create registry cache
  address        Print the D-Bus address of ibus-daemon
  help           Show this information