Vim IM Control for Obsidian

Control Input Method (IM) when InsertLeave and InsertEnter in Vim mode. Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Usage

You can set the following four settings for each platform. If you want to use the InsertEnter command, you should also set the Get Current IM command to restore the state of IM. If you leave blank either of them, InsertEnter will be skipped.

The default settings are defined as below. For the defaults, im-select is used for macOS and Windows, and fcitx5-remote for Linux. But you can use any IM controller as you want.

Note: Please restart Obsidian after installing this plugin.

macOS

PATH to IM Controller: "/opt/homebrew/bin",
On InsertLeave: "im-select com.apple.keylayout.ABC",
On InsertEnter: "im-select {{im}}",
Get Current IM: "im-select",

Windows

PATH to IM Controller: "%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local\\bin",
On InsertLeave: "im-select.exe 1033",
On InsertEnter: "im-select.exe {{im}}",
Get Current IM: "im-select.exe",

Linux

fcitx5-remote (default)

PATH to IM Controller: "/usr/bin",
On InsertLeave: "fcitx5-remote -c",
On InsertEnter: "fcitx5-remote -o",
Get Current IM: "fcitx5-remote",

fcitx-remote

PATH to IM Controller: "/usr/bin/fcitx-remote"
On InsertLeave: "fcitx-remote -c"
On InsertEnter: "fcitx-remote -o"
Get Current IM: "fcitx-remote"

ibus

PATH to IM Controller: "/usr/bin/ibus"
On InsertLeave: "ibus engine xkb:us::eng"
On InsertEnter: "ibus engine {{im}}"
Get Current IM: "ibus engine"

Other Configuration

Async Switch

Whether to switch IM asynchronously or not. Default: true

Status Bar Message

Whether to show ERROR/WARN messages on Status Bar. Default: false

Limitaion

For Linux, this plugin does NOT support Obsidian installed from Snap or Flatpak. Please try AppImage or deb file.

Related Plugins

• Obsidian Vimrc Support Plugin
• Obsidian Vim IM Select Plugin
• Obsidian Vim IM Switch Plugin

LICENSE

MIT