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Layout type switching outside of overlay was always done with gsettings in the middle, assuming that all clicks on languages in the popover result in a gsettings event. That's a bad assumption if there's only one xkb lang present. This is a simple work around. A better solution would be to turn the entire system of layout switching into a central object that receives messages about changes that need to be applied, and then applies them.
squeekboard - a Wayland virtual keyboard
Squeekboard is a virtual keyboard supporting Wayland, built primarily for the Librem 5 phone.
It squeaks because some Rust got inside.
Features
Present
- GTK3
- Custom yaml-defined keyboards
- DBus interface to show and hide
- Use Wayland input method protocol to show and hide
- Use Wayland virtual keyboard protocol
Temporarily dropped
- A settings interface
TODO
- Use Wayland input method protocol
- Pick up DBus interface files from /usr/share
Building
Dependencies
See .gitlab-ci.yml or run apt-get build-dep .
Build from git repo
$ git clone https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/squeekboard.git
$ cd squeekboard
$ mkdir _build
$ meson _build/
$ cd _build
$ ninja
To run tests use ninja test. To install squeekboard run ninja install.
Running
$ phoc # if no compatible Wayland compositor is running yet
$ cd ../build/
$ src/squeekboard
Squeekboard honors the gnome "screen-keyboard-enabled" setting. Either enable this through gnome-settings under accessibility or run:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled true
To make the keyboard show you can use either an application that does so automatically, like a text editor or python3 ./tests/entry.py, or you can manually trigger it with:
busctl call --user sm.puri.OSK0 /sm/puri/OSK0 sm.puri.OSK0 SetVisible b true
Developing
See doc/hacking.md for this copy, or the official documentation for the current release.