Rime Input Method

Rime is a customable input method framework.Rime support various system like windos macos and linux.

Introduction

Rime is a customable input method framework.Rime support various system like windos macos and linux.Config RIME through yaml file is a special feature ,it’s familiar to programer. Fortunately there have a plugin named emacs-rime which could use rime’s config as seem as your laptop inpout method.

Distribution

You could download your install distribution here.It is interesting that on different platform rime’s name is not the same.On windos rime called Weasel,On macos it called Squirrel.It is worth noting that the config file maybe difference between platformes.On windos rime use `weasel.yaml` and `weasel.custom.yaml` but on macos use `squirrel.yaml` and `squirrel.custom.yaml` as replacement.

System Config

I am sharing a rime input method scheme on macos which called rime_wanxiang_pro and it comes form github.
Of course first of all you need install your distribution on macos we named it Squirrel.Use `git clone git@github.com:amzxyz/rime_wanxiang_pro.git`, and rename rime_wanxiang_pro to Rime.
And locate the config file dir `~/Library/Rime` which is the rime’s config path.

cd ~/Library
git clone git@github.com:amzxyz/rime_wanxiang_pro.git
mv rime_wanxiang_pro Rime
cd ~/Library/Rime

The main config is default.yaml you could switch different input schema and custom key binding here.
I don’t like to display too much candidate word, because I’m using Xiaohe Phonetic-Shape Input Method which could locate word precisely.So I change the menu.page_size to 3 infact 2 is enough.

schema_list:
  - schema: wanxiang
menu:
  page_size: 3  # 候选词个数

Then we could fouce on wanxiang.schema.yaml which we choosed in default.yaml.And config which method we are really use,the available candidates are algebra_pinyin, algebra_zrm, algebra_flypy, algebra_ziguang, algebra_sogou, algebra_mspy, algebra_abc.It including the most popular input methods till now.

set_shuru_schema:
  __include: algebra_flypy
set_algebra_fuzhu:
  __include: fuzhu_flypy
pro_comment_format:
  candidate_length: 1
  fuzhu_type: fly

At last we just need redeploy the rime framework to make all config effect.Redeploy rime framework is a high frequency but a necessar step.
Let’s talk about wanxiang_pro a rime’s input schema, I like to type long sentence with it. It uses AI and a large corpus for filtering and frequency adjustment, combined with a language model to produce more accurate full-sentence outputs.But when you want to type a single exactly character it is not as good as ordinary Xiaohe Phonetic-Shape Input Method.Even through it is still high efficient.So I am using wanxiang_pro as a upgrade to ordinary Xiaohe which I have used 3 years.

Emacs Config

Use Eamcs Rime plugin to share your rime config to emacs rime. I’s awesome to use a built-in input method which have the same behavior to your laptop.All implement by librime.
Download librime here. It’s best that squirrel and librime have the last version install to make sure their behavior are same.Config emacs rime we have a completely guide code.

;;; neoemacs/rime/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

(setq rime-user-data-dir             "~/Library/Rime/"
      rime-librime-root              (concat doom-user-dir "neoemacs/rime-macos/dist")
      rime-emacs-module-header-root  "/Applications/Emacs.app")
(use-package! rime
  :defer t
  :config
  (setq rime-show-candidate 'minibuffer)
  :custom
  (rime-emacs-module-header-root emacs-module-root)
  (default-input-method "rime"))
(setq mode-line-mule-info   '((:eval (rime-lighter)))
      rime-title "CH"
      rime-inline-ascii-trigger 'shift-l
      rime-disable-predicates '(
                                rime-predicate-current-uppercase-letter-p
                                rime-predicate-space-after-cc-p))

(global-set-key   (kbd "C-,"  ) 'toggle-input-method  )
(global-unset-key (kbd "C-;"  )                       )
(global-set-key   (kbd "C-;"  ) nil                   )

(map! :map (minibuffer-local-map)
      "C-," 'toggle-input-method)

Squirrel Skin

As mentioned above rime config is different between platforms, It’s mainly reflected in the skin configuration. On macos we use squirrel.custom.yaml to custom skin.
patch.style/color_scheme specifies which theme or skin to use,and preset_color_schemes/purity defined details.About the deatils read offical documentation please.

customization:
  distribution_code_name: squirrel
  distribution_version: 0.14.0
  generator: "squirrel::UIStyleSettings"
  modified_time: "2019-06-23"
  rime_version: 1.5.3
patch:
  style/line_spacing: 5
  style/color_scheme: purity
  preset_color_schemes/purity:
    name: purity
    candidate_list_layout: linear
    translucency:  true
    candidate_format: "%c. %@ "
    font_point: 16
    label_font_point: 15
    corner_radius: 6
    line_spacing: 10
    text_color: 0x666666
    candidate_text_color: 0x000000
    back_color: 0xFFFFFF
    border_color: 0xE2E2E2
    hilited_text_color: 0x000000
    hilited_back_color: 0xFFFFFF
    hilited_candidate_text_color: 0xffffff
    hilited_candidate_back_color: 0xCE7539
    comment_text_color: 0x6D6D6D
    hilited_comment_text_color: 0xEBC6B0
    hilited_candidate_label_color: 0xfafafa

Custom Phrase

Custom high-frequency words need to be accumulated manually to improve typing efficiency.Squirrel implement through custom_phrase.txt.Pay attention to the final number, which controls the priority—set it higher for words you want to appear earlier.

对讲	dvjl	40
音响	yx	40
告警	gj	40

Key Bindings

Cause we are using both emacs rime and Squirrel,a unified key bindings is matter to me.`C-p` and `C-n` is a good key binding right? But there have a bug and it’s complicate.Anyway if u want impletments a unify key bindings just do the follow.
Emacs load rime config frequently but macos load once.So use the config which worked to macos firstly and then switch it to librime.It means there have two program on your system one is librime use Up and Down to select words other one is squirrel which use left and right for word selection. Unfortunately we need repeat those step once you reload config on squirrel,but it works well and could solve your demand.

key_binder:
  bindings:
    - { when: always, accept: Control+p, send: Up }
    - { when: always, accept: Control+n, send: Down }
    # 实现无论在 macos 系统中还是在 emacs 内部都可以使用 C-p 与 C-n 来实现选词。
    # macos 系统使用下面两行将 rime 加载好(系统只会加载rime配置一次)，然后再注释掉，emacs 使用上面的配置。
    # - { when: composing, accept: Control+p, send: Left }
    # - { when: composing, accept: Control+n, send: Right }