Completions are enabled - Fcitx5 configuration

The key combination Ctrl+Alt+H activates Fcitx5’s word completion feature, also called “hint mode”. Fcitx5 is the input-method software installed on Omarchy.

The key combination Ctrl+Alt+H also triggers a notification that says “Completions are enabled”. Future me, if you see the notification, it means you have accidentally enabled completions.

I’ve just enabled Fcitx5’s “trigger hint mode”. It’s what causes completions to be enabled. To do this I:

• ran fcitx5-configtool
• discovered that fcitx5-configtool was removed in an Omarchy update
• reinstalled fcitx5-configtool with omarchy pkg add fcitx5-configtool
• launched fcitx5-configtool
• went to Addons → Keyboard
• clicked the “gear” icon
• scrolled the tiny modal that opened until I saw “Trigger hint mode” and “Trigger hint mode for one time”
• clicked the “-” button for both
• clicked the “OK” button

I’m sure trigger hint mode is useful for something. I’ve only ever stumbled across it when fumbling with the keys on Neovim. Trigger hint mode breaks Neovim.

If I ever want to know more: Fcitx5 (ArchWiki)

Note: imarchy pkg add <package-name> is just a wrapper around Pacman. It uses the same configured repositories. It runs:

sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed <package name>