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*squeekboard* - a Wayland on-screen keyboard
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*Squeekboard* is a keyboard-shaped input method supporting Wayland, built primarily for the *Librem 5* phone.
It squeaks because some Rust got inside.
Features
--------
### Present
- GTK3
- Custom keyboard layouts defined in yaml
- Input purpose dependent keyboard layouts
- DBus interface to show and hide
- Use Wayland input method protocol to submit text
- Use Wayland virtual keyboard protocol
### TODO
- Text prediction/correction
- Use preedit
- Submit actions like "next field" using a future Wayland protocol
- Pick up DBus interface files from /usr/share
Creating layouts
-------------------
If you want to work on layouts, check out the [guide](doc/tutorial.md).
Building
--------
### Dependencies
See `.gitlab-ci.yml` or run `apt-get build-dep .`
### Build from git repo
```sh
$ git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/squeekboard.git
$ cd squeekboard
$ mkdir _build
$ meson _build/
$ cd _build
$ ninja
```
To run tests use `ninja test`. To install squeekboard run `ninja install`.
Running
-------
```sh
$ phoc # if no compatible Wayland compositor is running yet
$ cd ../build/
$ src/squeekboard
```
Squeekboard's panel will appear whenever a compatible application requests an input method. Click a text field in any GTK application, like `python3 ./tools/entry.py`.
Squeekboard honors the gnome "screen-keyboard-enabled" setting. Either enable this through gnome-settings under accessibility or run:
```sh
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled true
```
Alternatively, force panel visibility manually with:
```sh
$ busctl call --user sm.puri.OSK0 /sm/puri/OSK0 sm.puri.OSK0 SetVisible b true
```
### What the compositor has to support
A compatible compositor has to support the protocols:
- layer-shell
- virtual-keyboard-v1
It's strongly recommended to support:
- input-method-v2
Developing
----------
See [`doc/hacking.md`](doc/hacking.md) for this copy, or the [official documentation](https://world.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/Phosh/squeekboard) for the current release.