Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

Excellent!

gVIM is working perfect for me.


Now to figure out how to configure the file correctly to make the layout the way I'd like.

This could take awhile.........

Then depression sets in. :(


Anyway, thanks for the feedback Arnim!

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

Hey Arnim.

Listen, I'm having some real difficulty understanding the initial basics to creating my own customized keyboard.

I'm not asking for you to do this whole thing for me, but could you at least get me started and I can finish the rest on my own?

The keyboard should be 160x600 from the top left corner of the screen.

There should be three keys per row but I'm not exactly sure how many rows though.

I think that's all I'm asking for now. The rest I can figure out on my own.

So 160x600, three keys per row, and also the command or option on how to double the size of a key. For example, one row might only have two keys. A double sized large one, say for the space bar, followed by another normal size key on the same row.

Hope that makes sense.

Hope to hear back from ya, I'd really like to get this done by the end of the night.

By the way, did you ever hear back from Dawnmist?

Thanks chief!

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

Okay.

Turns out that I'm not quite as incompetent as I think I was.

So yeah, I'm just getting started on making my own custom keyboard.

I do have one problem that I really can't find an answer to.

I'd like to have the keyboard on the left side of the screen, the default is for the right.

I can
xkbd -geometry 160x600+1+1
but I can't
xkbd -geometry 160x600+0+0

So it appears that I can't get it flush with the left side of the screen, the best I can do is have it start one pixel over. I don't get that.

Anyway, I'd rather have it automatically start at the top left so all that needs to be typed in is
xkbd

Could someone take the quick time to take a look at my initial attempt and either provide an explanation or an answer to this problem I'm having?

File is attached at the bottom of this post.

Thanks. :)

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

Hey, nice find - i had no luck with the -geometry prior to this, because i tried using 0 offsets, but something like

xkbd +1+1

works just fine!

Problem is the "minimize" button (>>) shifts the keyboard position by a relative to "minimize" it - needs to use an absolute.

from xkbd.c

if(iMode==1)
{
XResizeWindow(display, win, xkbd_get_width(kb), xkbd_get_height(kb));
XMoveWindow(display,win,xorgpos+worg-xkbd_get_width(kb), yorgpos+horg-xkbd_get_height(kb));
}
else
{
xkbd_resize(kb, an_event.xconfigure.width*0.52*wkbscale, an_event.xconfigure.height*1.2*hkbscale );
worg=xkbd_get_width(kb);
horg=xkbd_get_height(kb);
XResizeWindow(display, win, xkbd_get_width(kb), xkbd_get_height(kb));
if(xorgpos==0 || yorgpos==0)
{
xorgpos=wscr-worg+1;
yorgpos=hscr-horg+1;
}
XMoveWindow(display,win,xorgpos, yorgpos);
xkbd_repaint(kb);
}


Not sure how that'd be fixed - maybe cme can look at it?

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

does this xkbd work on os2008 final ?

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

Since xkbd uses only standard X calls, it should work on any ITOS.

Of course without a N8x0, i can not test this. use dpkg -i to install it and give it a try...

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

thanks, it work ok on os2008 finale :)

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

I had problems with the build on pupnik.de in OS2008; it would always send incorrect keys at some point.

I use matchbox-keyboard or xvkbd instead.

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

where can i download this apps ?

thanks !

Re: xkbd for X11 on screen input
 

I'll post some packages soon.
Edit: Here's xvkbd http://maemobox.org/dblank/xvkbd_2.8-1_armel.deb
and matchbox-keyboard
http://maemobox.org/dblank/matchbox-....1-1_armel.deb

note:
xvkbd is fullscreen only, but has a button to hide.
matchbox-keyboard has no hide function, so I just made a .desktop entry to open and close it (and moved it to the top of "My selection") so it only need a couple button presses.

I'm hoping some day a proper programmer will do a better port of matchbox-keyboard, a hide button would make it perfect!