Thank you, Philippe!
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Apparently your online input method does not support any other native
> keyboard than a US QWERTY;
Yes - excellent criticism; and at this time this is unfortunately
true. I thought about this problem when reading French language
materials to research the Pan-African keyboard.
Originally I thought that the solution to this problem would require
crafting keyboard layouts specifically for AZERTY. However, I now
think that a much more general solution can be implemented without
needing to actually alter the QWERTY-based keymaps.
Only a few keys on the keyboard differ between QWERTY and AZERTY, so
it should be possible to just remap those keys (or their key codes) on
the fly in the processing stream. I would be very happy to discuss
with you how to solve this (off list). I don't personally have access
to any AZERTY devices and most of the Francophone people I know who
probably use AZERTY are not technically savvy. However if you and
possibly some other folks on this list or elsewhere have some time to
answer my various questions --and contribute your opinions on what you
think is the correct way that it should work-- then I think it is a
very solvable problem. Also, if done correctly, such a solution can
be used for other common keyboard layouts beyond AZERTY too.
- Ed
> you seem to bond keycodes instead of the
> punctuation characters indicated. E.g. an a French Azerty keyboard
> typing "c;" does not replace it with "ç", you have to type "c$"
> instead (the dollar sign is typed on a French keyboard on the last key
> of the second row, near the Enter key, where the US keyboard maps the
> semicolon).
> Why do you use scancodes to make the compositions ?
>
> It's hard to convince people that your input method is "Pan European"
> if it requires a native US keyboard.
>
> Le 17 avril 2012 23:40, Ed Trager <ed.trager_at_gmail.com> a écrit :
>> A long time in the making, I am finally making "Key Curry" public!
>>
>> "Key Curry" is a web application and set of web components that allows
>> one to easily type many world languages and specialized orthographies
>> on the web. Please check it out and provide me feedback:
>>
>> http://unifont.org/keycurry/
>>
>> In addition to supporting major world languages and orthographies, I
>> hope that "Key Curry" makes it easy for language advocates and web
>> developers to provide support for the orthographies of minority
>> languages -- many of which are not currently supported (or are only
>> poorly supported) by the major operating system vendors.
>>
>> Under the hood, the software uses a javascript user interface
>> framework that I wrote called "Gladiator Components" along with the
>> popular "jQuery" javascript library as a foundation. I have used HTML
>> 5 technologies such as localStorage to implement certain features.
>>
>> Currently, Key Curry appears to work well in the latest versions of
>> Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on devices with standard QWERTY
>> keyboards (e.g. laptops, desktop computers, netbooks, etc.). Recent
>> versions of Opera and Internet Explorer version 9 appear to have bugs
>> which limit the ability of Key Curry to operate as designed. The app
>> is not likely to work well on older versions of any browser. I have
>> not yet tested IE 10 on Windows 8.
>>
>> Although Key Curry appears to load flawlessly on the very few Android
>> and Apple iOS tablet and/or mobile devices that I have "dabbled" with,
>> the virtual keyboards on those devices are very different from
>> physical keyboards and I have not yet investigated that problem area
>> at all - so don't expect it to work on your iPad or other mobile
>> device.
>>
>> Constructive criticism and feedback is most welcome. I have many
>> additional plans for Key Curry "in the works" - but I'll leave further
>> commentary to another day!
>>
>> - Ed
>>
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