QtVirtualKeyboard on Plasma Wayland

[Aleix Pol]

I've created a flatpak manifest that seems to work. There's some issue
with the SDK we have in our CI but it should be addressed easily with
a rebuild.
https://invent.kde.org/apol/qvk/-/merge_requests/1

Meaning that hunspell issues shouldn't be a big issue (I guess it's
part of the freedesktop SDK). Actually, I find it quite nice that the
input method can live in a container and can be easily  developed and
shipped. It even lists itself on the kcm.

Aleix

On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 12:24 AM David Edmundson
<david at davidedmundson.co.uk> wrote:
>
> For anyone else testing:
>  - you need to set KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1 or have a touchscreen (or mod kwin)
>  - you need the right hunspell dictionary installed or it just doesn't
> send anything
>
> It kinda feels we've gone full circle, Kwin used to do the Qt VK in process.
>
> It's too early to say anything for definite but I do think it's a good
> direction to explore.
> Maliit doesn't seem very alive whereas Qt VK somewhat is and the way
> you've split this we are in full control of bridging any wayland
> oddities which is a win-win.
>
> David