Using the actual monitor width in pixels can lead to unsatisfying
results, depending on the display orientation and physical size: on a
10" tablet with a 1280x800 resolution (scale 1), portrait orientation
will be using the narrow layout.
If the keyboard is sized in an optimal way (i.e. so the layout fills the
whole area, with no blanks on the sides) this would result in an
unnecessarily huge keyboard being displayed, therefore wasting screen
estate.
Using the virtual display size gives a hint about the physical size of
the device, and can be used to select wide layouts even in portrait
mode, while still preserving current behavior on HiDPI devices.
This has been tested on PineTab, PinePhone and Librem 5.
This commit changes the layout of the `eschars` view, in an attempt at
making it more logical and optimized to reach more frequent symbols more
easily.
In order to stay consistent with other layouts, the bottom line has been
re-arranged and keys dimensions have been optimized (based on the
`terminal` layout, which has similar features).
Furthermore, the ç/Ç keys in the 'normal' views have been replaced with
./, so that all diacritics are on the same view.
This commit also fixes the Backspace key behavior.
Due to an excessive amount of keys in the `eschars` view, one of the
rows would overflow the screen. This commit removes the `Ç` key, which
is already present in the `upper` view.
A number of keys would not give the expected result, due to the lack of
a `text` of `action` property. Additionally, the layout wouldn't load
because of an old file format (it seems `bounds` are not supported
anymore).
This patch makes sure this layout can be loaded and used by squeekboard
v0.1.9.
Arnaud Ferraris