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rofo1000 2010-03-17 21:52
Virtual keyboards
 
Couldn't someone provide an alternative virtual keyboard on the N900.
On my old phone there was one with gestures, for exampel swipe left for backspace, swipe right for space. swipe down for return.
Or T9-keyboard in portrait.
http://images.wirelessinfo.com/image...929_keypad.jpg

I really miss that.

dchky 2010-06-06 06:22
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
I'm thinking about crafting something together similar to 'dayhand input' for symbian - it has these kinds of features.

That said, I haven't found any alternatives as yet, so it's looking like one of those 'scratch an itch' kind of things.

JorgeFX 2010-06-06 06:29
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=51907

daperl 2010-06-06 07:22
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
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Here's an actual hildon-input-method portrait virtual keyboard running in Maemo 5 on an n900. It was invoked and it rotated while browsing with microb. Thanks to Stskeeps and others. More details over the next few days.

Attachment 10706

frals 2010-06-06 14:37
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by daperl (Post 701958)
Here's an actual hildon-input-method portrait virtual keyboard running in Maemo 5 on an n900. It was invoked and it rotated while browsing with microb. Thanks to Stskeeps and others. More details over the next few days.
Care to share any details to avoid duplication of work? Tried to PM you but you have disabled that feature.

http://gitorious.org/hildon-portrait...trait-keyboard

kennibal 2010-06-06 15:42
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Is this downloadable already?

daperl 2010-06-06 15:56
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
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We're using the same code base I think. I have no effort to share 'cause I haven't changed anything, I've just managed to get those examples to appear. I can share that? I've attached some files just because.

frals, you're the man! Go get 'em, baby!

Code:
sudo cp <where ever you compiled or put them>/hildon-im-*.so /usr/lib/hildon-input-method
sudo hildon-im-recache
sudo gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/osso/inputmethod/default-plugins/finger "hildon_im_onehand_fkb"
sudo gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/osso/inputmethod/default-plugins/stylus "hildon_im_onehand_fkb"
sudo killall hildon-input-method

nosa101 2010-06-06 15:57
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by daperl (Post 701958)
Wow. That's nifty.

Is this invoked while in portrait mode only or in both?

daperl 2010-06-06 16:19
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nosa101 (Post 702387)
Wow. That's nifty.

Is this invoked while in portrait mode only or in both?
The rotation is automatic depending on the main window orientation change. Even though I didn't post a landscape screenshot, I believe this particular example is configurable for both right and left handers.

frals 2010-06-06 16:55
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by daperl (Post 702385)
We're using the same code base I think. I have no effort to share 'cause I haven't changed anything, I've just managed to get those examples to appear. I can share that? I've attached some files just because.

frals, you're the man! Go get 'em, baby!

Code:
sudo cp <where ever you compiled or put them>/hildon-im-*.so /usr/lib/hildon-input-method
sudo hildon-im-recache
sudo gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/osso/inputmethod/default-plugins/finger "hildon_im_onehand_fkb"
sudo gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/osso/inputmethod/default-plugins/stylus "hildon_im_onehand_fkb"
sudo killall hildon-input-method
Alright, as far as me and w00t has gotten as well then (except we did fix the packaging bits so it would build in sb and produce a nice .deb :)) :)

daperl 2010-06-06 18:12
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by frals (Post 702447)
Alright, as far as me and w00t has gotten as well then (except we did fix the packaging bits so it would build in sb and produce a nice .deb :)) :)
Cool, the possibilities are endless, but I'll just share one thought as an example:

Ease of use for both developer and user

Are you guys planning on using

HildonGtkInputMode hildon_im_ui_get_current_input_mode(HildonIMUI *self)

This would allow application developers to specify keyboard preferences (alpha, numeric, custom, ..., etc.), and even change them on the fly. And this would allow the VKB developers and maintainers to have more reuse and modularity. For example, hildon_im_example_fkb and hildon_im_onehand_fkb could be under the same plugin. I'm pretty sure this is what Nokia is doing.

w00t 2010-06-06 22:26
Re: Virtual keyboards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by daperl (Post 702536)
Cool, the possibilities are endless, but I'll just share one thought as an example:

Ease of use for both developer and user

Are you guys planning on using

HildonGtkInputMode hildon_im_ui_get_current_input_mode(HildonIMUI *self)

This would allow application developers to specify keyboard preferences (alpha, numeric, custom, ..., etc.), and even change them on the fly. And this would allow the VKB developers and maintainers to have more reuse and modularity. For example, hildon_im_example_fkb and hildon_im_onehand_fkb could be under the same plugin. I'm pretty sure this is what Nokia is doing.
So far, we haven't really touched any of the code. It's one of the Nokia examples. This would certainly be possible, though, and I'd encourage you to contribute, if you want.

Take a read at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=55371 for the Gitorious URL and other info.


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