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Re: Keyboard documentation

 

On Sat, 2015-04-18 at 14:42 +0300, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> For Greek we created 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1440722
> 
> 
> Is there anything else that is needed from our side?

That's great thanks, no need to do anything else unless any language
specific questions arise out of the review, in which case I'll be in
touch :)

Cheers,
 Mike.

> 
> 
> Simos
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Bogdan Cuza <bogdan.cuza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>         Hi!
>         
>         
>         No worries :) I think I might actually use something from your
>         layout, like the .po file, maybe change the book (because I
>         couldn't find anything *big*, so I went with a foreign book)
>         and I also didn't edit the wordengine file. Two of those are
>         probably because I based my changes on another MR. Anyway,
>         thanks :)
>         
>         > Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:12:37 +0300
>         > From: cos64@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         > To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         
>         > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard documentation
>         > 
>         > On 15.04.2015 16:52, 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
>         > >
>         > 
>         > Hi,
>         > 
>         > So your Romanian layout was already done when I made mine
>         [1] ?
>         > Too bad I didn't know about it.
>         > Anyway, looking forward to having it integrated! ;-)
>         > 
>         > Cos
>         > 
>         > [1]: 
>         >
>         https://code.launchpad.net/~cos64/ubuntu-keyboard/add-romanian-layout/+merge/254607
>         > 
>         > >
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         > > 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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