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How to Set Default Language in Rime for Specific Applications

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Rime

This article is about the way to set default language for specific applications.

My solution
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The language I need are only English and Chinese, so I use the parameter ascii_mode.

Find the configuration folder on your computer at first, like the ~/Library/Rime/ in my environment which is macOS. Then find out the parameter app_options, which is usually in the file squirrel.yaml.

To change this parameter, a recommended way is to override it in a new file named squirrel.custom.yaml, and write the following contents in it.

patch:
  app_options:
    com.raycast.macos:
      ascii_mode: true
      # true for English and false for activate Rime's current input method like Chinese in my computer
    org.gnu.Emacs:
      ascii_mode: true
    net.kovidgoyal.kitty:
      ascii_mode: true

You can use the command codesign -dv /Applications/<name>.app (or change the variable to suit your OS), and check the parameter Identifier.

Additional solutions
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If you have multilingual requirements, the following solution is supported by Gemini 2.5 pro, which I have not double-checked.

patch:
  app_options:
    com.raycast.macos:
      schema: schema_id_for_raycast          # Replace schema_id_for_raycast with the input schema ID you wish to use in Raycast
    org.gnu.Emacs: # Emacs
      schema: schema_id_for_emacs
    net.kovidgoyal.kitty:
      schema: schema_id_for_kitty
    com.microsoft.VSCode:
      ascii_mode: true                       # It is still Okay for `ascii_mode` here
    com.tencent.xinweixin:
      schema: luna_pinyin
    # com.google.Chrome:
    #   schema: an_japanese_schema_id

References and Some Relevant Blogs
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