---
name: "skim"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "skim"
version: "1.4.5-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/skim"
---

# skim(1)

smart common input method platform for KDE

## NAME

skim, scim-panel-kde - smart common input method platform for KDE

## SYNOPSIS

**skim** \[*options*\] \[*option-arguments*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**skim** is a KDE frontend for the SCIM input method platform. It provides a GUI panel and KConfig module. It has its own plugin system that supports on demand loadable actions.

## OPTIONS

The following options are provided by **skim**:

- **-d**

  Start as a daemon

- **-l**

  List all available **skim** plugins

- **-c** **name**

  name = the specified Config module

- **-p** **enable plugins**

  enable plugins = plugin 1, plugin 2, ...

- **-np** **disable plugins**

  disable plugins = plugin 1, plugin 2, ...

- **-no-stay**

  Quit if there is no connected client

- **-verbose level**

  If level \> 0, enable debug information

- **-V**

  Print out the current version of **skim**

- **-o file**

  file = name of debug output file

- **-f**

  Force start even if the scim panel socket cannot be established

## SEE ALSO

scim (1).

## AUTHOR

**skim** was written by liucougar (liuspider) \<liuspider@users.sourceforge.net\>

This manual page was written by William J Beksi \<wjbeksi@users.sourceforge.net\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.