On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:19:48 +0000 "blu.256 via tde-users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I have been working on some fixes improvements to KXkb, the TDE > keyboard tool and layout switcher¹. The fixes should make configuring > keyboard layouts easier and should solve some long-standing issues > with keyboard switching (e.g. Bugzilla issue #100). > > One of the improvements that I have been thinking to include but for > which I need user feedback concerns TDEPersonalizer, the wizard that > gets shown on the first run of the desktop, or later, at users' > choice. The first step of this wizard lets you choose your country and > system language. The idea is that based on this information, the > keyboard layouts will be conveniently set up for you with a sane > default, with minimal need for user feedback (who can later adjust > this default manually). > > But the problem is that I am not sure what that default should be. If > you consider, for example, cyrillic languages or greek, a good > default, in my opinion, would be a combination of the standard latin > layout (English) plus the layout of that language (so you have two > layouts that you can switch between). If you take languages based on > the latin alphabet though (e.g. Italian, French, Czech etc.) users > might not > > actually need a latin layout, so they will be fine with just the > layout of the keyboard layout of their own language. > A good solution IMO would be adding a checkbox just below country and > language selection that would let you enable/disable the English > layout. This checkbox would not be shown if the language you selected > is already English (US, UK or any variant). > > So, I am asking for your feedback, especially those of you who use > non-English keyboard layouts: What do you think of this idea? Do you > think the checkbox approach is good enough? What should be the default > state of the checkbox, enable or disable English layout? > > Please take in mind beginner Trinity users too. > > Your feedback will be greatly appreciated! > > -- > Philippe MAVRIDIS > > ¹ The relevant pull request is here: > https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tdebase/pulls/304 > > You can take a look at the discussion that has already happened > thereif you want. > > P.S. I've been having problems with GMail and the mailing list. This > must be the fourth time I'm trying to send this e-mail. I'm resending > this from the e-mail address that I have on ProtonMail. I'm a TDE user who uses cyrillic layout. Personally, I think solution that you suggested is excellent way to help beginner users to quickly configure their desktop in a way they wish without need to study rather confusing Control Center at first steps of TDE configuration. In my opinion, checkbock should be presented in auto-checked state by default if user chose non-English system language. It would be nice if keyboard layout section in TDEPersonalizer allowed to change auto-suggested layout to something else (maybe through use of drop-down list with every single available layout). ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
