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Here are some ideas for what you could do with Meego Input Method framework. Some are down-to-earth while others are perhaps a bit more in the experimental or show-that-it-can-be-done spirit. Feel free to add ideas here. Use the template idea if you want. For bugs or concrete features suggestions, please use the bugtracker.
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=== Template Idea ===
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Short description of the idea.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' How much work does it take to complete this (assuming a Maliit dev. environent is already set up) Example: Easy, 5 hours of work <br>
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'''Status:''' What is the status of implementing this idea? Example: "In progress, this and that has been done" <br>
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'''Skills required:''' What do people need to know in order to complete the implementation of this idea? Example: Qt | Packaging | Gtk+ | QML <br>
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'''Contact person:''' Who interested people should contact if they want to work on this. This can be a "mentor" that has insight into the relevant areas, or someone who has started working on it. Example: Real Name (ircnick) <br>
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Longer description. Ideas, challenges, and considerations for the implementation. Neccesary tasks to complete. Links to other relevant projects or work. Mockups, video demos, et.c.
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== Meego Keyboard Ideas ==
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===  Key gestures ===
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Input variations of a character using gestures on that key. For instance, to input a upper case A, tap 'a', move upward and release. Accented characters can be done by gesturing sideways.
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===  Predictive keyboard ===
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Details of idea can be found under [[Predictive_virtual_keyboard]].
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 10 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Meego keyboard, Qt, C++ <br>
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'''Status:''' Experimental merge request available <br>
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'''Contact person:''' Michael Hasselmann (mikhas)
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Experimental MRQ available: https://meego.gitorious.org/meegotouch/meegotouch-inputmethodkeyboard/merge_requests/269
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Screenshot/demo video pleaz?
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== Input Method (plugin) Ideas ==
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===  Dasher input method ===
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Allow input using a [[:wikipedia:Dasher|Dasher]] input method.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Unknown, 25 hours of work? <br>
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'''Skills required:''' C/C++, Qt, input method API <br>
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'''Status:''' Just talk! <br>
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'''Contact person:'''
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Dasher is a simple but innovative way of doing text input, a for this plugin would be very useful, especially for accessibility.
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Dasher already has a Qt based UI, so it might be possible to reuse large parts of the code.
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* [http://git.gnome.org/browse/dasher/ Homepage]
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* [http://git.gnome.org/browse/dasher/ Repository]
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* [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=dasher Bugtracker]
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=== Clutter-based plugin ===
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Show that input method plugins can be implemented using Clutter.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 15 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Clutter, input method API <br>
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'''Status:''' Just talk! <br>
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'''Contact person:'''
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This should be easy to do using [http://git.clutter-project.org/cgit.cgi?url=clutter-qt/tree/README clutter-qt]. Ideally writing such would not require to compile using C++/Qt, but a C/GObject interface be provided.
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=== Gtk+ based plugin ===
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Show that input method plugins can be implemented using Gtk+.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Medium, 15 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Gtk+, Qt, input method API <br>
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'''Status:''' Just talk! <br>
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'''Contact person:'''
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A bit harder than the Clutter case, but should be possible. In the simple but hacky form have a <code>QWidget</code> and a <code>GtkWidget</code> and syncronize the relevant state between them. Let the GtkWidget render offscreen and paint the GtkWidget content to the <code>QWidget</code> in <code>::paintEvent()</code>.
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=== Python input method plugin interface ===
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Support writing input methods in Python.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Medium, 15 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Python, PySide, input method API <br>
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'''Status:''' Just talk! <br>
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'''Contact person:'''
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Python is an officially supported language for Meego. It would be nice if we supported writing plugins using Python. Allowing this can be done in a similar way we currently support QML. Python bindings would have to be generated for the input method API. This should probably be done using [http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/PySideDocumentation/ PySide]
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== Different run-time environments ==
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=== Maliit in Gnome 3 ===
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Gnome looks to be interested in expanding to touch-centric environments. Therefore showing that Maliit is the right solution to use for input methods in Gnome would be worth-while.
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'''Difficulty/effort:'''
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* For prototype demo: Easy, 20 hours of work
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* For really good integration: Medium, xxx hours of work
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'''Skills required:''' Gnome technology, Maliit integration <br>
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'''Status:''' Prototype work has been demonstrated <br>
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'''Contact person:''' Jon Nordby (jonnor)
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* [http://www.jonnor.com/2011/04/introducing-maliit-on-screen-keyboard-in-gnome-3/ Blogpost demoing Maliit in Gnome 3]
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* [https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointOne/Features/OnScreenKeyboard Gnome 3.2 Feature page for on-screen keyboard]
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* [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612662 Issue in bugtracker for on-screen keyboard]
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TODO: document all the things needed for really good integration
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=== Meego Input Methods on Windows ===
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The main goal here would be to allow plugin development to happen on Windows. Since Meego Input Methods is implemented using Qt, this should in theory not be too hard. However, the DBus transport used between framework and inputcontext might need to be replaced by another IPC, and some X specific code might need to be reimplemented or removed.
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=== Meego Input Methods in KDE ===
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KDE also seems to be growing an interest in on-screen keyboards, touchscreen centric UI and mobile device form factors.
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'''Difficulty/effort:'''
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* For prototype demo: Easy, 10 hours of work
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* For really good integration: Medium, xxx hours of work
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'''Skills required:''' KDE technology, Maliit integration <br>
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'''Status:''' ? <br>
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* [http://btux1984.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/kdes-onscreen-keyboard Blogpost about onscreen keyboard]
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* [http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/kubuntu-11-10-mobile-devices-sneak-peak/ Blogpost annoucing Kubuntu 11.10 Mobile sneak peak]
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* [https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265452 Related issue in bugtracker]
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== Other ==
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=== Commandline option to switch between D-Bus session bus and direct socket ===
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Currently a peer-to-peer connection with a socket file is used for input context <-> framework communication.
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Having a option to use the session bus would be nice. This allows one to make use of DBus features like on-demand service activation, or to easily introspect/debug the service.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 20 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' dbus, dbus-glib, C/C++ <br>
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'''Status:''' <br>
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* Basically, revert http://meego.gitorious.org/meegotouch/meegotouch-inputmethodframework/commit/1aa9a502005293bf4a808aaed87142f6dbcdffdb
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* Add a commandline option to choose between the two methods
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* Update the standard input contexts to also support session bus service (and prefer that one over the socket?)
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=== Direct C/C++ Input Context API ===
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Direct API for input context (no DBus connection).
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 15 hours <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Qt, C++, input context api <br>
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'''Status:''' <br>
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'''Contact person:''' <br>
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A direct API means that the framework can be tested without having to start up DBus, and that it can run on platforms with DBus.
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=== Free and open source correction/prediction plugin ===
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Currently there is no free error correction/prediction engine plugin. We of course want to provide this.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 20 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' C/C++, usage of spelling engines <br>
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'''Status:''' Just talk. Help wanted! <br>
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This could be done using one of the existing free spelling engines.
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An analysis of the different options should be done before starting on the implementation, looking at the advantages/disadvantages of each. For instance, it might not be that all spelling engines can provide word-prediction.
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* [http://aspell.net/ Aspell]
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* [http://www.gnu.org/software/ispell/ispell.html Ispell]
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* [http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/ Hunspell]
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* [http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant/ Enchant]
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* ?
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=== Window relocation ===
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When the application/toolkit does not support widget relocation, fall back to relocating the window to try to keep the text input field visible on screen.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Medium, 15 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' X11, ICCM, EWMH <br>
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There are two main ways of doing this:<br>
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1. Move/resize the focused window
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Getting hold of the window can for instance be done using [http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/input/XGetInputFocus.html XGetInputFocus] or the winId attribute of the widgetstate provided by the input context.
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2. Move/resize all windows.
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Easiest way to do this is probably to create a proxy X window for the region covered by the input method, and setting the [http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html#id2447157 _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL] hint. This moves the responsibility of the actual relocation to the window manager.
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Both approaches can be implemented solely in IM framework. For a good solution, each input context needs to be able to tell the framework if it can do widget relocation or not, and how much relocation it can to. Then, the framework and input context would have to cooperate on the actual relocation, effectively adding the window as another level to the relocation chain.
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It might be necessary to use both, because applications frequently makes use of the "desktop area" when they decide how big they can make their visual elements.
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When the window is resized, the toolkit will hopefully maintain the focused input widget visible on screen. It is however not certain that this is the case with common toolkits. Patches might be needed.
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=== Input Method Plugin SDK ===
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Development kit to enable third-party developers to easily create new input methods.
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'''Difficulty/effort:''' Easy, 20 hours of work <br>
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'''Skills required:''' Input Method plugin API <br>
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'''Status:''' Mostly talk <br>
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'''Contact person:''' Jon Nordby (jonnor) <br>
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A good SDK would consist of:
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* Comprehensive documentation for plugin API
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* Task-oriented documentation for how to develop a plugin
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* Skeleton/example code to make it easy to get started
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* Above items to be installed on "make install"
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* An "installer" that copies the relevant files from system directory to users directory?
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* Above items packaged for the target platforms
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=== Bluetooth keyboard ===
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This would allow you to use your Meego device as a keyboard for other Bluetooth enabled devices.
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== Completed ideas ==
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Please move ideas here one they have been implemented/explored, and document the effort.
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=== QML-based plugin ===
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Show that input method plugins can be implemented using Qt Quick and QML.
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'''Status:''' Done! <br>
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'''Contact person:''' Michael Hasselmann (mikhas) <br>
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A QML-based input method plugin (keyboard) can be found in the keyboard repositor under meego-keyboard-quick. See [http://taschenorakel.de/michael/2011/05/12/writing-qml-based-input-methods-maliit/ the blogpost announcement] for more details.
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