On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Jeff Tickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all, > > I just installed the ASU daily build from buildhost yesterday (23 Jul), > and there doesn't seem to be an on-screen keyboard. > > I've been doing a lot of searching around to find out what's up with > the keyboard. I know that it was added as a 'qwerty' button, and then > removed because the devs want it to automatically appear when there's > text to enter and automatically disappear appropriately. I'd > personally prefer the manual mode, but I can understand why someone > would want this done automatically. > > Problem for me is that the keyboard never automatically pops up. I > know this isn't an isolated incident, as this bug report exists: > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1663 > > Of course there's a mention of using some ASU image from > downloads.openmoko.org instead of buildhost.openmoko.org, but I can't > find anything ASU-related after sometime in May on the downloads site. > > I tried editing the > file /usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/illume.edj and setting > 'visible: 1' under the 'part { name: "kbdtext"' section, but that > caused the whole UI to be useless (looks like this file is some sort of > compiled binary, I couldn't find any information on it.) > > So, in short: what is up with the keyboard? > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > In short I have come to understand that the decision was made to go with the Qtopia keyboard over the Illume keyboard, but the Qtopia keyboard needs a layer to auto-request it such as matchbox or multitap (which is not installed by default) and with no manual button there is no easy way to access it. That is how I have come to understand it, please correct me if I am wrong here. -Jacob
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