ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Mike Sheldon <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2015-08-04 at 17:44 +0200, Alexander Burger wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 05:22:28PM +0200, Alexander Burger wrote:
> > can anybody provide information about how to write a virtual keyboard
> > for Ubuntu Touch? Where can I start?
> > 
> > I'd like to know how to
> >    1. receive touch events (up to five simultaneously, it is a chorded
> >       keyboard)
> >    2. post key events into the system event queue
> >    3. install the resulting keyboard in the system
> 
> 
> Hmm, it seems that nobody is here who can give techincal input on that
> matter.
> 
> Isn't this the development mailing list? Is this the wrong place to ask,
> and where should I ask instead? Is there some list dedicated to Ubuntu
> Phone *system* programming?
> 
> Or should I better look at CyanogenMod or FirefoxOS?

Hi Alex,

 Sorry for the delay in answering this, it's quite a complex topic, I
started writing an email about it yesterday but haven't had time to
finish it yet. Rest assured I will get back to you with some more
detailed pointers as soon as time allows.

Cheers,
 Mike.