Inputing words like 喜爱 in Linux

[Ludens]

When using Lubuntu, I used to be able to type words like these as xi'ai, but now that I've switched to Ubuntu, I can't find a way to mark the start of another syllable. This means typing xiai gets me 下i...

It's a pain to input these kind of words one syllable at a time. I'm using input method Chinese - Pinyin. Any suggestions?

[jbradfor]

喜愛

I use IBus (under redhat), and "xi'ai" works just fine for that.

What IME are you using?

[skylee]

I know nothing about Lubuntu/Ubuntu, but would typing "xi[space]ai" help?

[Ludens]

I use IBus with input method 'Pinyin'.

xi[space]ai just gives me the first choice for xi, and then the list of choices for ai.

[edelweis]

that's very odd, I have Ibus pinyin too but have no trouble with xiai and xi'ai, both give 喜愛

You could perhaps check the "about" window, mine shows:

PinYin

Language: 汉语

Author: Peng Huang <xxxx>

Description:

PinYin Input Method

Additionally the relevant packages I have on my old Fedora are:

ibus.i386 1.1.0.20090829-1.fc10

ibus-pinyin.noarch 1.1.0.20090612-1.fc10

There are options for the pinyin input methods, I toyed a little with autocorrect and others but could not reproduce your issue...

[malanting]

Just type xi'ai. Most software is OK with xiai ,but not 西安. We type xi'an if we want to input 西安。

Or you can type one at a time. First xi, then ai. I'm sure there's a symbol used to separate the syllables.

[Olle Linge]

I just wast to chip in and say that I also use the same input method and it's working fine. I use a normal apostrophe ' to input both 喜愛 and 西安.

[m000gle]

Weird, while I've always used Ubuntu, and never its LXDE variant, I was always under the impression they used the exact same IME.

That said, whether on the current IBus (1.4.1), or even back to the days where SCIM was default, a regular apostrophe was always the way to separate syllables.

[Ludens]

Thanks for your input everyone :-)

It made me realise the input method probably wasn't the problem, so I fiddled with the keyboard layout, and switching from "US with dead keys" to some other EN layout did the trick. I have my apostrophe functionality back, look： 喜爱