On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 02:09:28PM +0300, Tomas Junnonen wrote: > ext James Knott wrote: > > I have demonstrated with two different virtual > > keyboards, that it is indeed possible to run an X app via ssh, with a > > virtual keyboard. Now that this fact has been established, perhaps > > you can explain why the N800 virtual keyboard fails in this regard. > > It is not because it is not possible with X. Incidentally, xvkbd > > occupies a small area of my screen and while onBoard uses a larger > > area, it is still smaller than my desktop. As for the keyboard > > showing or not showing all the time, I'm not expecting it to > > disappear, when not needed. It would be nice if it could simply be > > available for me to use, in the manner I might use xvkbd or onBoard > > There are many ways to implement a virtual keyboard. For example, you > can do it on the X level or using a toolkit (gtk in our case) as David > mentioned. As there are benefits and drawbacks to each approach, please > let me tell you a bit of the design decisions that have gone into the > N800 virtual keyboard (VKB). Thank you, it is always very interesting to hear the reasons behind the design decisions. > An X level VKB closely emulates a hardware keyboard; you press a key on > the VKB and an X event is generated. From an application point of view > there is no distinction whether the key press is generated by the VKB or > a physical keyboard, therefore an X level VKB has the advantage that it > will work with just about any application. Just to clarify, when you're talking about the X level, do you mean XIM, synthetic events, or XTest? > - The VKB is aware of the application and widget focus. While you may > disagree, having the VKB on the screen only when needed is an important > feature from my point of view. Only the current implementation doesn't quite realize when I need the VKB. For example, when you switch between two applications, and both need the VKB (e.g. Notes and osso-xterm), the VKB disappears after a switch and I have to bring it up manually every time. Marius Gedminas -- I once asked an older coworker and Solaris guru what happened with the Unix-haters list. He told me that it stopped being quite so funny once Windows NT came along. -- the gnat at slashdot -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20070723/b98f9059/attachment.pgp
