Looks good to me, +1.
Question: are these events recorded as "synthetic" events to X, or are
they indistinguishable to X and apps from real keypresses?
-- Garrett
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 23:30 -0700, Fuyuki Hasegawa wrote:
> I'm sponsoring this fast-track case for Noayuki. The time is set to
> 07/29/2010.
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.70 03/30/10 SMI
> This information is Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All
> rights reserved.
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> IBus Virtual Keyboard Input Method
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Naoyuki Ishimura
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 22 July, 2010
> 4. Technical Description
>
> OVERVIEW
>
> This project is to add virtual keyboard GUI to IBus Input Method
> framework[1]. This virtual keyboard enables user to input
> all of xkeyboard-config[2] supported layout symbols with GUI.
> This is an extension for keyboard layout emulation engine for IBus[3].
>
> DETAILES
>
> The IBus virtual keyboard uses layout and geometry data which
> keyboard layout emulation engine uses. (478 layouts/variants)
> User can switch layout(France, Russia, Greece etc) and geometry
> (simple, pc101, pc102 etc) from menu, and input characters
> to Input Method aware text field/area of X11 applications.
>
> This IBus virtual keyboard corresponds to IIIM virtual keyboard[4].
> Solaris default Input Method framework will move to IBus from IIIM,
> so virtual keyboard users need to use the IBus virtula keyboard
> when Input Method framework switched to IBus for their desktop.
>
> USER OPERATION
>
> To invoke IBus virtual keyboard, user executes /usr/bin/ibus-keyboard
> or selects "Virtual Keyboard' menu item from IBus main menu in
> gnome-panel system tray.
> When user select favorite layout (ex Russia, Greece, France etc...)
> from context menu, the key top label is chagned to corresponding leyout.
> Then user can input character on key top with clicking it.
> The character event will go to the current focused input field.
> (virtual keyboard itself does not get input focus)
>
>
> INTERFACE STABILITIES
>
> All of components for this engine are Projectt Private.
>
> INTERFACE NAME STABILITY NOTE
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> /usr/bin/ibus-keyboard Volatile virtual keyboard lanucher
>
> /usr/share/ibus-xkbc Project virtual keyboar implemetation
> Private files (script and data)
>
> RELEASE BINDING
>
> The project team asks for Micor/Path release binding
>
> REFERENCES
>
> [1] IBus Input Method framework
> PSARC 2009/499 IBus integration
>
> [2] xkeyboard-config
> PSARC 2009/440 xkeyboard-config update from v1.4 to v1.6
>
> [3] Keyboard layout emulation engine for IBus
> PSARC 2009/645 Keyboard layout emulation engine for IBus
>
> [4] IIIM virtual keyboard
> PSARC 2009/041 Virtual Keyboard Input Method
>
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> G11N
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
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