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List:       kde-active
Subject:    Re: Maliit, Plasma Active and Mer
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-05-27 18:17:01
Message-ID: 3616803.FX6mxN4raE () freedom
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On Saturday, May 26, 2012 15:03:11 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> I finally had my first chance to see Maliit Active live in action (on Mer),
> and it generally I like it a lot!

huzzah!

> Even though the keys are currently way too small on the Mer x86 image on a
> Wetab (partly because they are not dpi-aware yet, partly because the

yes, size is the next thing we need to tackle in the integration ...

> However since many keys that are often needed in a terminal (like tab and
> arrow keys) are rarely needed in usual mobile usecases, we shouldn't clutter
> the normal layouts with them. What I think does make sense, though, is
> having a third (or rather fifth) layout specific for terminal use which
> includes all keys regularly needed there (letters, /, ., |, <,>, ~, -,
> arrow keys and maybe a few more). If that's soo many keys, it may contain
> only tab and arrow keys so the user can at least switch to it when needed.
> Can we do that for PA or does it have to be implemented in Maliit?

we can do it in the PA integration for Maliit. and i agree that "geek 
characters" are necessary in our keyboard. / is needed for urls, so that 
should readily available .. the rest should be easily found. having a tab key 
on the main layout wouldn't be the worst idea, though, as it could also help 
encourage the use of tabbing between text fields on forms.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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