SOK

[Chris Jones]

I don't think cairo could be trusted to render an SVG in the same way
as inkscape.  It's a good idea though and it would be worth having the
xml layout file svg-like.



On 26/05/06, Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > I'm just posting an update on the progress of the
> > simple-onscreen-keyboard.
> >
> > I have nearly reached the first milestone.  Entry into other windows
> > is possible, and a three key keyboard is rendered in cairo.
> Wooot! Off to a flying start :)
> > The only thing holding me up is trying to prevent the window gaining
> > focus when it is clicked.  Could someone familiar with the GOK source
> > code tell me how it manages it?
> I'm not sure too many people on this list have hacked on GOK. David
> Bolter <david DOT bolter AT utoronto DOT ca> would be the best person to
> ask, or perhaps other people on the gnome accessibility list.
> > I've been thinking of some ideas on how to handle the layout of keys
> > on the keyboard.  One way of doing it would be having a pair of lines
> > or 'rails', which could be curved or straight or whatever.  Keys could
> > then be packed into the space between these rails, getting they're
> > size and shape from the shape of the rails and the distance between
> > them.
> OK, sounds plausible. I had another crazy idea: Could the whole keyboard
> be stored as one or more SVG files? Then you could use Inkscape as the
> keyboard layout editor. That might make things much more complex though
> ... ?
> > This would allow us loads of freedom on the layout of the keys.  One
> > example would be the pair of radial thumb keyboards that the
> > 'ultra-mobile' version of Windows ships with.
> That sounds cool. The more flexibility we provide the better.
>
> - Henrik
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