Weasel input method does not work as expected

[norelmas]

Installed an input method inside a sandbox, but can't input another language.

[isaak654]

Do you use FakeAdminRights=y in the same sandbox?

[norelmas]

Do you use FakeAdminRights=y in the same sandbox?

Some don't ask for elevation, e.g., https://github.com/rime/weasel

[isaak654]

Do you use FakeAdminRights=y in the same sandbox?

Some don't ask for elevation, e.g., https://github.com/rime/weasel

See issue #801, you will find also a reference about Rime.

Please close this issue if it cleared your doubt, we're trying to avoid any duplicate.

[norelmas]

See issue #801, you will find also a reference about Rime.

Why not release an app template?

[norelmas]

See issue #801, you will find also a reference about Rime.

But my situation is IM is installed inside sandbox, not in host.

[isaak654]

Not all programs can be installed inside the sandbox, also please provide the steps you tried in order to allow me to reproduce your issue (screenshots or videos would also help, especially about the installer part in chinese).

Why not release an app template?

Not everybody has the same user, so I think it's easier to write this at the bottom of the ini file:

[Template_Local_Rime]

Tmpl.Title=Rime
Tmpl.Class=Local
OpenPipePath=\Device\NamedPipe\WriteYourOwnUser\WeaselNamedPipe

or just copying the OpenPipePath line to the sandbox.

EDIT:
Anyway, if you can confirm that the following template below works fine with the %user% variable, I might consider to include it as official template:

[Template_Local_Rime]

Tmpl.Title=Rime
Tmpl.Class=Local
OpenPipePath=\Device\NamedPipe\%user%\WeaselNamedPipe

[xWTF]

Dear @isaak654,
I can confirm the template works with %user% variable. However the IME become extremely laggy when typing.
Further investigation shows that it's trying to load fonts from localappdata and keeps failing, therefore the following ReadFilePath rule is required:

Tmpl.Title=Weasel (Rime)
Tmpl.Class=Local
OpenPipePath=\Device\NamedPipe\%user%\WeaselNamedPipe
ReadFilePath=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts

A simple way to probe rime would be checking the existence of WeaselServer.exe process. BTW Rime for Windows should be called "Weasel" instead of "Rime".

[isaak654]

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A simple way to probe rime would be checking the existence of WeaselServer.exe process.

Here it is a list of Scan methods:

Sandboxie/Sandboxie/apps/control/ThirdPartyDialog.cpp

Lines 866 to 896 in 9ac72fc

	CString scan;
	ini.GetText(SectionName, L"Tmpl.Scan", scan);
	BOOL scanIpc = (scan.Find(L'i') != -1);
	BOOL scanWin = (scan.Find(L'w') != -1);
	BOOL scanSvc = (scan.Find(L's') != -1);
	if (! (scanIpc || scanWin || scanSvc))
	return FALSE;
	CStringList keys, files;
	while (! settings.IsEmpty()) {
	CString setting = settings.RemoveHead();
	CStringList *list = NULL;
	if (scanIpc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"OpenIpcPath") == 0)
	list = &m_objects;
	else if (scanWin && setting.CompareNoCase(L"OpenWinClass") == 0)
	list = &m_classes;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanService") == 0)
	list = &m_services;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanWinClass") == 0)
	list = &m_classes;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanProduct") == 0)
	list = &m_products;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanIpc") == 0)
	list = &m_objects;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanKey") == 0)
	list = &keys;
	else if (scanSvc && setting.CompareNoCase(L"Tmpl.ScanFile") == 0)
	list = &files;

So you may want to test:

Tmpl.Scan=s
Tmpl.ScanFile=

or

Tmpl.Scan=s
Tmpl.ScanKey=

Further examples are available in Templates.ini.

[xWTF]

Based on the examples, I think I'm supposed to use the following scan config ([reference](https://github.com/rime/weasel/blob/e9010244032be1233729736316bd58ee3fd608b8/WeaselSetup/WeaselSetup.cpp#L67-L69)):

Tmpl.Scan=s
Tmpl.ScanKey=\REGISTRY\USER\%sid%\Software\Rime\Weasel

However I'm not sure how can I test if the scan succeeded. The template does not show up in App Compatibility section after I added these keys :(

Edit: I just checked the code and obviously this will not work since the ScanKey does not expand the variable.

[isaak654]

Edit: I just checked the code and obviously this will not work since the ScanKey does not expand the variable.

If no other Scan options can be applied for this template, you could open a new feature request and in the meantime open a new pull request with the suggested template.

If anyone wants to know how to check the template detection in App Compatibility:

If you want to test the template detection in App Compatibility, you should add the template in Templates.ini, remembering to put [Template_Weasel] before Tmpl.Title=Weasel (Rime) in your code here.

Please note that to speed up detection, it is recommended to exit/restart Sandboxie. If detection still does not occur, it means that the chosen Scan options are not working.

[xWTF]

Since Weasel does not create a key in HKLM (which hindered the key scan cuz it's not easy to access HKCU with NtOpenKey), nor does it use a consistent installation path (the path contains version number), I assume the proper way to detect it is to scan the class registration (ref):

[Template_Weasel]
Tmpl.Title=Weasel (Rime)
Tmpl.Class=Desktop
Tmpl.Scan=s
Tmpl.ScanKey=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A3F4CDED-B1E9-41EE-9CA6-7B4D0DE6CB0A}
OpenPipePath=\Device\NamedPipe\%user%\WeaselNamedPipe
ReadFilePath=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts

I used the same technique found in the 7z template, since I can't get Tmpl.ScanWinClass working (not really familiar with these APIs):

Sandboxie/Sandboxie/install/Templates.ini

Lines 2810 to 2817 in 7fc005f

	[Template_7zipShellEx]
	Tmpl.Title=7-Zip Shell Extension
	Tmpl.Class=Desktop
	Tmpl.Url=http://www.7-zip.org/
	Tmpl.Scan=s
	Tmpl.ScanKey=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}
	OpenIpcPath=*\BaseNamedObjects*\7zCompressMapping*
	OpenIpcPath=*\BaseNamedObjects*\7zMap*

Since it's a relatively small change, would you please commit this directly, or should I open a PR for it?