eta-keyboard's Introduction

eta-keyboard

Qt virtual Keyboard

It is an advanced virtual keyboard based on x11 keycode relations and server-client programming for UNIX like systems. Major Features are:

Floating
Fast
Ability to change system wide keyboard layout
dbus interface can be reached in session
a11y support with the help of simple at-spi client eta-tif
full and tablet keyboard layout support
EOE (easy on eyes) color themes
Easy to configure with the help of self contain settings

Build

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/E-Tahta/eta-keyboard.git

Install build dependencies

sudo apt install build-essential libc6 libgcc1 libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5  libqt5network5 libqt5qml5 libqt5quick5 libqt5svg5-dev libqt5widgets5 libqt5x11extras5-dev libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb1-dev libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbcommon0   libxkbcommon-dev libxkbfile-dev libxtst-dev qtdeclarative5-dev

Build

cd eta-keyboard
mkdir build
cd build
qmake ../
make

Install Runtime dependencies

sudo apt install libqt5svg5 qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2

Run

./eta-keyboard show

You can also test remote calling

sudo apt install qdbus-qt5
qdbus org.eta.virtualkeyboard /VirtualKeyboard org.eta.virtualkeyboard.toggle

Debian packaging

cd eta-keyboard
sudo apt install build-essential debmake debhelper git-buildpackage
sudo mk-build-deps -ir
gbp buildpackage --git-export-dir=/tmp/build-area -b -us -uc
cd /tmp/build-area

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