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.
Build from git repo
$ git clone https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/squeekboard.git
$ cd squeekboard
$ mkdir ../build
$ meson ../build/
$ cd ../build
$ ninja test
$ ninja install
Running
$ phoc # if no compatible Wayland compositor is running yet
$ cd ../build/
$ src/squeekboard
Developing
See HACKING.md