A fix for the XopenIM() errors.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 7ceed75..163f160 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -2503,9 +2503,17 @@ xinit(void) {
         xw.draw = XftDrawCreate(xw.dpy, xw.buf, xw.vis, xw.cmap);
 
         /* input methods */
-        xw.xim = XOpenIM(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-        if(xw.xim == NULL)
-                die("XOpenIM failed. Could not open input device.\n");
+        if((xw.xim =  XOpenIM(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+                XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=local");
+                if((xw.xim =  XOpenIM(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+                        XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=");
+                        if((xw.xim = XOpenIM(xw.dpy,
+                                        NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+                                die("XOpenIM failed. Could not open input"
+                                        " device.\n");
+                        }
+                }
+        }
         xw.xic = XCreateIC(xw.xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing
                                            | XIMStatusNothing, XNClientWindow, xw.win,
                                            XNFocusWindow, xw.win, NULL);