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*squeekboard* - a Wayland virtual keyboard
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*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
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### Dependencies
See `.gitlab-ci.yml` or run `apt-get build-dep .`
### Build from git repo
```bash
$ 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
-------
```bash
$ 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:
```bash
$ 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 ./tools/entry.py`, or you can manually trigger it with:
```bash
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://developer.puri.sm/projects/squeekboard/) for the current release.