How to type in vietname in nixos?

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hi everyone I’m new to Nixos and quite new in Linux so
when I’m switching intro Nixos there is some problem about the type in my language
Vietnamme and I’d try to install ibus-bamboo in the configuration.nix but it some how don’t work so:/

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Welcome to NixOS!

I think it’s great to have more international people here, we are a bit too European/American sadly.

Sadly I can’t write Vietnamese, but maybe I can still help you.

Could you post your existing configuration.nix here in this thread? You can use three backticks ``` to mark the beginning and another three to mark the end of a block of code. Then it becomes nicely readable.

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Both enabling ibus input method and installing the IM engine have their own NixOS options:

i18n.inputMethod.enabled = "ibus";
i18n.inputMethod.ibus.engines = [
  pkgs.ibus-engines.bamboo
];

The way to actually enable it will depend on desktop environment. For example, for GNOME, you can add the input method in GNOME Settings (Control Center). Or do the same declaratively as in Strange xkbOptions behavior (GNOME) - #5 by jtojnar.

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this is my configuration.nix then

# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
      ./hardware-configuration.nix
    ];

  # Bootloader.
  boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
  boot.loader.grub.useOSProber = true;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.

  # Configure network proxy if necessary
  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";

  # Enable networking
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = "Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh";

  # Select internationalisation properties.
  i18n.defaultLocale = "vi_VN";

  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "vi_VN";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "vi_VN";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "vi_VN";
    LC_MONETARY = "vi_VN";
    LC_NAME = "vi_VN";
    LC_NUMERIC = "vi_VN";
    LC_PAPER = "vi_VN";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "vi_VN";
    LC_TIME = "vi_VN";
  };

  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
  services.xserver.enable = true;

  # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
  services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
  services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;

  # Configure keymap in X11
  services.xserver = {
    layout = "us";
    xkbVariant = "";
  };

  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
  services.printing.enable = true;

  # Enable sound with pipewire.
  sound.enable = true;
  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
  security.rtkit.enable = true;
  services.pipewire = {
    enable = true;
    alsa.enable = true;
    alsa.support32Bit = true;
    pulse.enable = true;
    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
    #jack.enable = true;

    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
    #media-session.enable = true;
  };

  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users.huybin1234b = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "Huybin1234b";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
      firefox
      kate
    #  thunderbird
    ];
  };

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
  # $ nix search wget
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
    wget
    pkgs.brave
    pkgs.obsidian
    pkgs.ibus-engines.bamboo
    pkgs.ibus
    pkgs.libreoffice
    git 
  ];
nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
"electron-25.9.0"
];
nix.gc = { 
automatic = true;
dates = "weekly";
options = "--delete-older-than 7d";
};
services.flatpak.enable = true;
system.autoUpgrade = {
enable = true;
};

  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
  # started in user sessions.
  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
  #   enable = true;
  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
  # };

  # List services that you want to enable:

  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  # services.openssh.enable = true;

  # Open ports in the firewall.
  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;

  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
  system.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?

}

Hope it Help!

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I’d enabling all of it but I can’t find anything same on KDE Plasma

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Apparently for Plasma, you should be using “Input Method Panel plasmoid”. Or maybe just try ibus-setup program.

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I restart my computer and it work now then. Thanks for your help:D