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[Alexey Balmashnov <a.balmashnov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> El día Sunday, April 24, 2016 a las 08:59:55PM +0200, Alexey Balmashnov
> escribió:
>
> > With the help of PaulfraaOSAA on #ubuntu-touch figured out how it "woks
> > now":
> > One keeps settings with external keyboard layouts open.
> > When one needs to switch layout of external keyboard, [s]he "just"
> > - switches to layout settings window
> > - moves needed layout to top of the list
> > - switches back to application window and continues typing...
> >
> > Well... Very very far from usable, especially for non-latin alphabet
> based
> > languages.
>
> I do not fully understand what you mean by "switching between layouts".
> You have one external keyboard with a (hard) given layout and this
> should be supported by the M10. Do you want define some virtual layout,
> let's say, when I press 'a' it should give 'x', or something else?
>

By switching between layouts, I mean the same functionality as I have on
any desktop system:
* For given hardware keyboard layout (mostly US PC-104) have alternative
layouts (e.g. Russian) available for the keyboard
* Being able to switch between them using keyboard shortcuts

This is pretty basic functionality which should be available out-of-the box.

Regards,
Alexey