[Kde-accessibility] No "show keyboard status" indicator in KDE4

[Dotan Cohen]

Currently there is no "show keyboard status" indicator in KDE4:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165402

The plasmoid was briefly in kdereview but has now been moved back to
playground for this reason (quote from the bug report):
"move back to playground; the UI is horrific, the code is ancient and
apparently it has no developer to be its constant companion"

Is KDE really this irresponsible? I had been stuck on KDE 3 until just
last month, because I depend on this plasmoid. Now that I've taken the
trouble to move to KDE 4 (Kubuntu packaged the kdereview plasmoid by
special request) they are dropping this issue, and leaving me with a
soon-to-be unusable desktop? KDE 3 is unmaintained, so I cannot go
mack there, and KDE 4 lured me in with the promise of support for my
disability and has now left me hanging here.

Seriously, I am bordering between disappointment and anger here. I
have filed over 200 bugs and feature requests with KDE, and triaged
about 400 other bugs for other people, and often I see that minor
visual enhancements and feature requests are handled quickly and
professionally. So why not the accessibility issues?

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