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# If not installed, then
# install eekboard if not installed
#:<pre>$ sudo yum install eekboard</pre>
#:<pre>$ sudo yum install eekboard</pre>
# Now run eekboard
# Open any editor (gedit or kedit), switch keyboard layout and check whether your virtual keyboard is working or not


To open Inscript or any other m17n keymap just add its name in "Keyboard type:" input box. Steps to do that are
As a standalone application:


# start eekboard
# start eekboard
# push left shift button (like )
# focus in some text window (like gedit or gnome-terminal)
# push a setup button at the bottom left corner
# click buttons on the eekboard window
# add "hi-inscript" to "Keyboard type:" (comma separated) e.g. hi-inscript,us. Note that this is fallback order and first keymap always get loaded as default.
 
# Then restart the eekboard.
To use Inscript or any other m17n keymap:
 
# start eekboard
# click "Setup" button on the bottom right corner
# select "Keyboards" tab
# click "Add" button and select "Hindi (inscript)"
# click "Change Keyboard" button on the bottom left corner
 
To use with ibus-m17n
 
# enable ibus-m17n Indic input method in IBus (like "Hindi - inscript (m17n)")
# click "Screen Keyboard" on the IME menu
 
To disable eekboard in ibus-m17n and use iok instead
 
# install iok if not installed
#:<pre>$ sudo yum install iok</pre>
# set screen keyboard implementation to iok
#:<pre>dconf write /desktop/ibus/engine/m17n/virtual-keyboard-implementation "'iok'"</pre>
# use ibus-m17n as above


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Revision as of 08:19, 16 August 2012

Description

eekboard is a virtual keyboard (aka on-screen keyboard) software package, designed to be flexible and easy to use. For users, it provides a simple program called "eekboard" which works just like other virtual keyboards, though maybe it looks fancier. For developers, it provides a D-Bus protocol server and libraries to access. This allows developers to create custom clients which interact with other desktop technologies such as input methods, desktop keyboard settings, and accessibility.


How to test

  1. install eekboard if not installed
    $ sudo yum install eekboard

As a standalone application:

  1. start eekboard
  2. focus in some text window (like gedit or gnome-terminal)
  3. click buttons on the eekboard window

To use Inscript or any other m17n keymap:

  1. start eekboard
  2. click "Setup" button on the bottom right corner
  3. select "Keyboards" tab
  4. click "Add" button and select "Hindi (inscript)"
  5. click "Change Keyboard" button on the bottom left corner

To use with ibus-m17n

  1. enable ibus-m17n Indic input method in IBus (like "Hindi - inscript (m17n)")
  2. click "Screen Keyboard" on the IME menu

To disable eekboard in ibus-m17n and use iok instead

  1. install iok if not installed
    $ sudo yum install iok
  2. set screen keyboard implementation to iok
    dconf write /desktop/ibus/engine/m17n/virtual-keyboard-implementation "'iok'"
  3. use ibus-m17n as above

Expected Results