r_avital
July 5th, 2014, 05:33 PM
Sorry to bug you all with what is probably a super-silly question:
For years, I've been happily typing in English(US), French, and Spanish, using nothing but additional keyboard layouts in what used to be known as "the keyboard applet" -- currently, under System->Keyboard->layouts. I was always able (and still am) to add up to 4 keyboard layouts (including US English) and switch between them.
Since upgrading to Trusty, I've noticed a new icon in my notification area, for iBus, that lets me do the same thing (except I can have more than 4). I simply close it and don't worry about it, as I can still type multilingually with the keyboard layouts I had set before.
1. Is there an advantage to one over the other? How about memory/resources?
2. If not, how do I keep iBus from loading at startup? I've not seen it in the "startup applications" list.
3. I don't expect it's a good idea to have them both active, correct?
TIA :)
For years, I've been happily typing in English(US), French, and Spanish, using nothing but additional keyboard layouts in what used to be known as "the keyboard applet" -- currently, under System->Keyboard->layouts. I was always able (and still am) to add up to 4 keyboard layouts (including US English) and switch between them.
Since upgrading to Trusty, I've noticed a new icon in my notification area, for iBus, that lets me do the same thing (except I can have more than 4). I simply close it and don't worry about it, as I can still type multilingually with the keyboard layouts I had set before.
1. Is there an advantage to one over the other? How about memory/resources?
2. If not, how do I keep iBus from loading at startup? I've not seen it in the "startup applications" list.
3. I don't expect it's a good idea to have them both active, correct?
TIA :)