Vietnamese Input on Arch Linux (Wayland/Hyprland)

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Overview

Here is a quick tutorial to setup Vietnamese input in Hyprland. I strugged with bamboo and gave up. Luckily, there was a good alternative.

First, install the following:

sudo pacman -S --needed fcitx5 fcitx5-unikey fcitx5-configtool fcitx5-gtk fcitx5-qt

Next, add the following to the hyprland config (~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf)

# --- Input Method (Fcitx5) ---
env = GTK_IM_MODULE,fcitx
env = QT_IM_MODULE,fcitx
env = XMODIFIERS,@im=fcitx

Still in hyprland config, add:

exec-once = fcitx5 -d

Now, in your terminal, type:

fcitx5-configtool

Add Unikey from the left to the right panel:

I use Super Space for other tool so I need to change that to something else.

That’s it! Now you can type Vietnamese!

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