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Keyboard contributions for inclusion in SFOS.

asked 2015-12-09 17:24:30 +0300

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updated 2016-01-29 21:53:33 +0300

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See this post by Pekka about how to contribute: https://together.jolla.com/question/124266/keyboard-contributions-for-inclusion-in-sfos/?answer=128114#post-id-128114

@veskuh said in the latest meeting that they can/will look into integrating community contributed keyboards in a future SFOS versions. (the sooner the better i might add)

The only requirement he gave thus far is the license. They prefer BSD.

If you created a keyboard and you agree with the above (license and req) feel free to post it here.

A request:Could someone post this thread in talk.maemo.org in the keyboards thread. Just in case someone wants to contribute?

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I would like to submit Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi Keyboards that I put together. These are Indian languages and will help make Intex and other Sailfish phones/tablets more attractive to Indian customers. I can also put together some other languages

They also require Indian Language Lohit Fonts to be available in the system. I believe lohit-devanagari (Hindi) font, is included in Sailfish 2.0. Please include all Lohit fonts, so all Indian languages display correctly, with next update.

What and how do I submit the keyboards? Do you just need the source layout files?

AbyZThomas ( 2015-12-18 00:13:16 +0300 )edit
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@AbyZThomas

Create a separate answer for each language. You must include a lisence other than gpl v3 (if you agee with that of course). Not sure if @veskuh wants them in github or something but i believe posting the qml file here will be enough.

Also since jolla is working with an Indian company maybe someone must clarify what languages are not ready (or soon to be included) yet in order to avoid duplicate work.

ApB ( 2015-12-18 00:29:36 +0300 )edit
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Don't forget an emoji keyboard...

vattuvarg ( 2015-12-19 16:24:23 +0300 )edit
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@vattuvarg there was one i think. If the guy that created it wants to contribute the door is open.

ApB ( 2015-12-19 17:20:33 +0300 )edit

Is this the right place for me to add a request?

I'd like a keyboard layout with "all the available diacritics", for example as "dead keys" (press diacritic, then press key to add the diacritic to) - or optionally as longpress-alternatives.

A later version of that would then have the ability to choose, say, up to four dictionaries to it.

E.g. I usually write in Swedish and in English, but now and then I may want to include the occasional ü and ß (u-umlaut and "Eszett"/"scharfes S", available in e.g. German), and I'm also presently learning Esperanto (which uses ĉĝĥĵŝŭ). It would be neat to be able to type all of these without having to switch keyboards inbetween.
Also: Do note, that while learning Esperanto it's actually to my advantage to not have a dictionary built-in!

I guess such a keyboard would need to be available in a Latin variant, and then a separate Cyrillic (maybe mixed with Greek?) variant.

phle ( 2015-12-21 16:16:28 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-12-17 14:43:25 +0300

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Pekka hasn't been around so I haven't yet verified from him the requirements, but in general what we need to do is:

  1. Have the keyboard as open source, with a license that is ok.
  2. Answering to this thread with a link to source repository would be good start
  3. Technical review
  4. UI review (inc. analysis from our language expert)

If all are good then we need to package the keyboard and can include it in images. Other thing that has together issue also would be to check what can we do to start accepting keyboards in our store.

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What about Thai keyboard and Thai language support?

Ongkut ( 2016-01-21 14:49:10 +0300 )edit
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answered 2015-12-19 06:58:17 +0300

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updated 2015-12-19 06:59:04 +0300

Persian - فارسی

fa.qml

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answered 2015-12-19 07:04:06 +0300

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Arabic - العربية

ar.qml

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answered 2015-12-19 07:05:05 +0300

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Esperanto

eo.qml

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answered 2015-12-19 07:07:56 +0300

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Romanian - Română

ro.qml

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answered 2015-12-19 07:09:27 +0300

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updated 2015-12-19 07:22:24 +0300

Romanian on English layout - Română

ro_us.qml

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answered 2015-12-19 07:11:41 +0300

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Swiss French - Français (Suisse)

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I have another one which I use since the N9 age (was in Ovistore thanks to AbyZThomas) and it's a little bit different. Of course, I prefer mine ;-) So, which one to use?

Jordi ( 2016-01-29 09:26:31 +0300 )edit
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answered 2015-12-19 07:12:36 +0300

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Urdu - اردو

ur.qml

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answered 2015-12-21 12:47:47 +0300

Hungarian (Magyar)

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answered 2016-01-10 00:30:13 +0300

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Ukrainian -- Українська

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Related TJC answer.

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