Chinese layer: add fcitx support

layers/chinese/README.org

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    - [[Configuration][Configuration]]
      - [[Configure the Default Input Method(配置默认中文输入法)][Configure the Default Input Method(配置默认中文输入法)]]
      - [[Configure the =Chinese-pyim= Input Method(配置中文拼音输入法)][Configure the =Chinese-pyim= Input Method(配置中文拼音输入法)]]
+     - [[Enable fcitx][Enable fcitx]]
      - [[Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)][Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)]]
      - [[Set monospaced font size(设置等宽字体）][Set monospaced font size(设置等宽字体）]]
      - [[Enable/Disable ace-pinyin in =avy-goto-char=][Enable/Disable ace-pinyin in =avy-goto-char=]]
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 This Layer adds Chinese related packages:
 - [[https://github.com/tumashu/chinese-pyim][chinese-pyim]] : The best Chinese Pinyin(拼音) input method.
 - [[https://github.com/andyque/chinese-wbim][chinese-wbim]]: The best Chinese Wubi(五笔) input method.
+- [[https://github.com/cute-jumper/fcitx.el][cute-jumper/fcitx.el]]: This package provides a set of functions to make fcitx work better in Emacs.
 - [[https://github.com/xuchunyang/youdao-dictionary.el][youdao-dictionary]]: The Youdao(有道) Dictionary interface for Emacs.
 - [[https://github.com/redguardtoo/find-by-pinyin-dired][find-by-pinyin-dired]]: Find file by first Pinyin characters of Chinese Hanzi.
 - [[https://github.com/cute-jumper/ace-pinyin][ace-pinyin]]: Jump to Chinese character by pinyin with `ace-jump-mode'.
@@ -50,6 +52,18 @@ file. You could call =pyim-dicts-manager= to open up the settings buffer and
 press =i e= to install the default lexicon. The lexicon is about 20M, so you
 should be patient when downloading starts. After the lexicon file is downloaded,
 just press =s= to save and =R= to restart configuration.
+*** Enable fcitx
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '((chinese :variables
+                                                             chinese-enable-fcitx t)))
+#+END_SRC
+If you don’t need to type Chinese in minibuffer, you could temporarily disable fcitx in minibuffer
+with the following configuration.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (fcitx-aggressive-setup)
+#+END_SRC
+
 
 *** Enable YouDao(有道) Dictionary(激活有道字典)
 The YouDao Dictionary is disabled by default, if you want enable it.

layers/chinese/config.el

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 (defvar chinese-enable-avy-pinyin t
   "Enable ace-pinyin in avy-goto-char")
 
+(defvar chinese-enable-fcitx nil
+  "Enable fcitx to help writing Chinese in Evil mode.")
+
 ;; Set the monospaced font size when mixed Chinese and English words
 (defun spacemacs//set-monospaced-font (english chinese english-size chinese-size)
   (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font

layers/chinese/packages.el

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 ;; List of all packages to install and/or initialize. Built-in packages
 ;; which require an initialization must be listed explicitly in the list.
 (setq chinese-packages
-    '(
-      find-by-pinyin-dired
-      ace-pinyin
-      pangu-spacing
-      org
-      ))
+      '(
+        find-by-pinyin-dired
+        ace-pinyin
+        pangu-spacing
+        org))
 
 (if chinese-enable-youdao-dict
   (push 'youdao-dictionary chinese-packages))
@@ -27,6 +26,14 @@
     (push 'chinese-wbim chinese-packages)
   (push 'chinese-pyim chinese-packages))
 
+(if chinese-enable-fcitx
+    (push 'fcitx chinese-packages))
+
+(defun chinese/init-fcitx ()
+  (use-package fcitx
+    :init
+    (fcitx-evil-turn-on)))
+
 (defun chinese/init-chinese-wbim ()
   "Initialize chinese-wubi"
   (use-package chinese-wbim