AIMSwitcher, An Input Method Switcher that AIMS to support switching between Chinese and English input methods or between Chinese and English modes in one input method when switching between Vim's insert and normal modes
Note: This tool is only available for Windows
Just download the executable file from the releases page
AIMSwitcher, An Input Method Switcher
Usage: AIMSwitcher [OPTION]... [ARG]...
--im [INPUTMETHOD] show the current input method if INPUTMETHOD is omitted,
otherwise switch to the specified input method
--imm [INPUTMETHODMODE] show the current input method mode if INPUTMETHODMODE is omitted,
otherwise switch to the specified input method mode
AIMSwitcher uses the language identifier (i.e., the locale ID) to switch to the corresponding input method. And the locale ID of Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) is 2052, the locale ID of American English (en_US) is 1033. You can use the option --im without argument to discover the locale ID of your current input method
# show the locale ID of the current input method
AIMSwitcher.exe --imFor me, I installed Microsoft Pinyin input method for Simplified Chinese (2052), and US Keyboard input method for American English (1033). So for switching between these two input methods:
# switch to Microsoft Pinyin IM
AIMSwitcher.exe --im 2052
# switch to US Keyboard IM
AIMSwitcher.exe --im 1033Microsoft Pinyin IM supports two language modes: Chinese and English. AIMSwitcher can switch between these two modes like below:
# switch to Chinese mode
AIMSwitcher.exe --imm 1025
# switch to English mode
AIMSwitcher.exe --imm 0
# you can use this option without argument to find the key of your current mode
AIMSwitcher.exe --immNote: The functionality of switching input method mode has only been tested with Microsoft Pinyin IM, and contributions for testing with other input methods are welcome.
- Switch to English input method when leaving insert mode to normal mode
autocmd InsertLeave * silent !AIMSwitcher.exe --im 1033- Switch to English mode of Chinese input method instead of switching input method when leaving insert mode to normal mode
autocmd InsertLeave * silent !AIMSwitcher.exe --imm 0AIMSwitcher + VSCodeVim
- Switch input method
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
// Use English input method by default
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "1033",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "AIMSwitcher.exe --im",
// Switch to English input method when leaving insert mode to normal mode,
// And the additional argument {im} is just a placeholder, as required by VSCodeVim
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "AIMSwitcher.exe --im 1033 {im}"- Switch input method mode
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.enable": true,
// Use Chinese input method by default (for me, I use Microsoft Pinyin IM)
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.defaultIM": "2052",
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.obtainIMCmd": "AIMSwitcher.exe --imm",
// Switch to English mode of the Chinese input method when leaving insert mode to normal mode,
// And the additional argument {im} is just a placeholder, as required by VSCodeVim
"vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.switchIMCmd": "AIMSwitcher.exe --imm 0 {im}"About VSCodeVim's autoSwitchInputMethod feature, find more information here