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Re: Keyboard documentation

 

Thank you! :)

> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard documentation
> From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: bogdan.cuza@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:30:09 +0100
> 
> Hi Bogdan,
> 
>  Sorry for this taking so long, we've now got this scheduled as part of
> our current two week work cycle, however it is dependant on us
> completing a couple of higher priority tasks first (but it's looking
> hopeful that these should be done in time).
> 
> Cheers,
>  Mike.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2015-04-15 at 20:52 +0700, Bogdan Cuza wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I think the Romanian layout should look awesome/finished now (with rev
> > 340 in my branch). Would it be possible to get some reviews, nobody
> > said anything for a month and a half :(
> > Thanks,
> > Bogdan
> > 
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > From: bogdan.cuza@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: simos.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 02:36:07 +0700
> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard documentation
> > 
> > Yes, I know how to test the keyboard, making my partition writable is
> > what I'm trying to avoid, I might give it a try when I have some time
> > though.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Bogdan
> > 
> > > From: simos.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:41:56 +0200
> > > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard documentation
> > > To: bogdan.cuza@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > CC: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Bogdan Cuza
> > <bogdan.cuza@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Well the feature freeze is a bit disappointing, this means that
> > they won't
> > > > get through until vivid is released, right? BTW, I think you
> > mentioned in an
> > > > email in this thread that if we aren't able to do the testing, you
> > could do
> > > > it, because I have no idea how to test it, I just followed a
> > template.
> > > 
> > > You can test the layout on the emulator or on the phone.
> > > 
> > > What you need to do is copy the appropriate files onto the device in
> > > the correct directories.
> > > The minimum steps (read: quick and dirty) to do are:
> > > 
> > > 1. Change the root partition from read-only to read-write.
> > > sudo mount -o remount,rw /
> > > 
> > > 2. Edit the
> > file /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/ubuntu/KeyboardContainer.qml
> > > so that you add your language code. See, for example,
> > > http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/10458032/
> > > 
> > > 3. Add your layout files into
> > > /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/ubuntu/lib/
> > > in a subdirectory called by your language code.
> > > For Greek, that would be
> > > /usr/share/maliit/plugins/com/ubuntu/lib/el/
> > > 
> > > See the filenames at
> > >
> > https://github.com/simos/ubuntu-touch-greek-keyboard-layout/tree/master/el
> > > For my quick & dirty testing, I only edited the "Keyboard_el.qml"
> > > file. All the rest are bogus and taken from other layouts.
> > > 
> > > 4. Change back the root partition from read-write to read-only.
> > > sudo mount -o remount,ro /
> > > 
> > > 5. Then, check the list of they keyboard layouts and add your newly
> > > created layout.
> > > Note that we did not add the name "Greek" in the appropriate file,
> > so
> > > it appears as "el" in the list.
> > > 
> > > Simos
> > 
> > 
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