On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 05:46:32PM +0100, Maarten van Gompel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have done some considerable work on svkbd in the scope of the sxmo
> project and would like to again merge these changes upstream to
> suckless, like before. Before I inundate your mailing list with a series
> of 22 patches (after I already did some commit squashing), I'd first
> like to get your opinion on the best way to proceed.
>
> The tree I'd like to merge is the following (mergerequest0.3.0 branch):
>
> https://git.sr.ht/~proycon/svkbd/log/mergerequest0.3.0
>
> This 0.3.0 release implements various user interface and usability
> improvements:
>
> * Press-on-release functionality has been implemented and set as the
> default. This makes svkbd more robust against misclicks.
> * The colour scheme has been expanded and updated; overlays,
> highlights and pressed buttons are more clearly distinguished.
> * XResources support has been added to make the colour schemes
> and fonts more easily configurable.
> * Secondary labels have been added (for the shift version), and have
> their own colour scheme.
> * The grid lines have been removed
> * The mobile-intl layout (the default) gets an extra row for numbers
> (closer to a full keyboard) and some of the layout has been changed.
> * A mobile-simple layout has been added that offers a more minimalistic
> layout comparable to android and iOS. Good for tiny devices.
> * Svkbd can optionally output keypresses to standard output, and X11
> simulation can be disabled.
> * Various bugfixes and improvements
>
> A screenshot of how it looks now (on a pinephone):
> https://download.anaproy.nl/svkbd5.png
>
> Or from another sxmo user who modded things a bit:
> https://saba.sdf.org/screenshots/screenshot_20210314_ff63.png
>
> Some considerations that are possibly relevant for the merge: I realize
> there are some things like xresources support that you guys typically
> put in opt-in patches. Of course that is an option though it would
> complicate the packaging a bit. From our view we prefer if it could
> make it into the main tree as-is. Relying solely on editing config.h can be a
> bit too rigid when dealing with mobile devices (cross-compiling vs
> on-device build dependencies etc).
>
> We're of course committed to keeping svkbd simple and lightweight, the new
> standard output feature helps to facilitate that: In true unix
> philosophy style, it allows us to pipe the output of the keyboard to
> another tool (https://git.sr.ht/~proycon/clickclack) that will provide
> audio feedback and haptic feedback, preventing unnecessary bloat in
> svkbd itself. Something similar can be envisioned for autocomplete or
> spelling correction in the future; as independent components from svkbd.
>
> What do you think? What's the best way to proceed? Want me to submit the
> patch series here or do you prefer to grab them?
>
Hi,
Thanks for the work.
I've reviewed the patches. In general it looks good, but I've found a few
issues. Can you resend them to the mailinglist, then me (and possibly others
too of course) can respond inline which is the way we like to manage and review
patches.
Thanks,
> Kind Regards,
>
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>
> Maarten van Gompel
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Hiltjo
Received on Thu Mar 18 2021 - 20:09:26 CET
