Plasma active capabilities and direction

[Andreas Nilsson]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:

> On Monday, November 19, 2012 00:12:19 Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> > I) How does PA deal with multiple screens?
>
> it currently does not support multiple screens. which is to say: if you
> attached a second monitor, nothing would show on it though you could move
> windows to it.
>

Ah.

> and no, no tiling
>

Well, the possibility to use external screen is far more important than how
the windows on that screen are managed ;)


>
> > II) How does PA visavi virtual keyboard deal with external keyboards? Is
> > the virtual keyboard disabled when there is a connected external kbd?
>
> not currently, no.
>
> it sounds like you are wanting to switch dynamically at runtime between
> different input styles and usage modes. this is something we've implemented
> previously for Plasma Netbook and Desktop, and something we plan on doing
> for
> Plasma Active and the other workspaces as well.
>

That is a more concise way of putting it, yes :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66S8is1E9MI shows something along the lines
I'm thinking, although they seem to only allow one mode at a time.

>
> > III)  Who does the device adaptations?
>
> Whoever is interested in a given device; which may be a company or
> community
> members. There are also people available for hire that can do such work.
>

Ok. Any inkling if the note II is a possible target? I seem to remember it
being reported that Samsung made it easy to unlock bootloader, which seems
a promising start.


> --
> Aaron J. Seigo


Thanks for the quick reply.

Best regards
Andreas Nilsson
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