Re: help needed for OSK layout files

[Mathieu Bridon <bochecha fedoraproject org>]

Hi,

On Mon, 2015-01-19 at 15:49 +0900, Daiki Ueno wrote:
> Hello,
>
> There is a long-standing request that gnome-shell OSK should respect
> system's keyboard layout[1].  Though actually it works already, we are
> still missing the majority of layout files (see
> /usr/share/caribou/layouts/touch/*.xml; there are only 3).  I'd like to
> call for more layout files submitted, hopefully in the 3.16 cycle.
>
> I understand that writing a layout file from scratch is an uphill task.
> On the other hand, the Unicode CLDR repository provides an extensive set
> of OSK layouts for platforms including Android, Chrome OS, and Mac OS X.
>
> So, as a first step, I wrote a procedure for creating a layout file
> based on the CLDR data:
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Caribou/NewLayout
>
> If you come up with a new layout, please file it against the 'caribou'
> product on bugzilla.  I have no expertise in design but should be able
> to do a quick review.

Would it make sense to add Caribou layouts for input methods?

For example, the Cangjie input method uses the en_US layout. However, it
associates a Chinese radical to each Latin letter on the en_US layout.

We can't do that with physical keyboards, but with an OSK, it could be
nice to display not the Latin letters in such a case, but instead the
Chinese radicals associated to each?


-- 
Mathieu