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Polish keyboard layout

Open rmitura opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

added Polish keyboard layout based on language letter frequency as per https://www.sttmedia.com/characterfrequency-polish with accent characters kept together with base ones.

files added: ./flickboard/app/src/main/java/se/nullable/flickboard/model/layouts/PLMessagEase.kt

I am not really a coder and had no previous exposure to kotlin.

rmitura avatar May 04 '24 16:05 rmitura

Hey! If this is a layout developed from scratch (rather than derived from an official ME layout) then please give it a distinct name. For example, PLRmitura.

nightkr avatar May 14 '24 17:05 nightkr

Thanks for having a look. Layout is overwhelmingly original ME one with some minor changes. As per your suggestion named it MessageEasyAlternative1 Regards

rmitura avatar May 15 '24 12:05 rmitura

Sorry about the slow response, but I have a few questions here:

  1. Are both Pl and PlAlt1 needed? What's the difference? Can the naming of alt1 be clarified to describe that difference instead?
  2. The reference to https://www.sttmedia.com/characterfrequency-polish implies that it's based on your research, rather than copying the ME layout? This is hard for me to check myself since I no longer have access to ME.

To clarify, original layouts are encouraged! I'd just like to differentiate the labels between ME layouts and "ME-style" layouts.

nightkr avatar Jun 12 '24 20:06 nightkr

Hi Natalie, Thanks for getting back to me. re1 don't think PL and PLalt1 are needed, I just tried to play along after all its your project. re2 Getting an accent char on most keyboards is achieved by long press of base char. This is what I attempted to do with with my layout variant. Attached screen dump for both for comparison. Regards,

kb_comparison

rmitura avatar Jun 12 '24 22:06 rmitura