MeeGo Touch Input Method Framework
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The document presents the Meego touch input method frameworks, highlighting its text input services, customizable UI framework, and client-server model. It details the input method UI framework's components, plugin loading, and specific functionalities like error correction and handwriting recognition. The roadmap for upcoming improvements in Meego 1.2 includes new plugin categories and enhancements to support dynamic virtual keyboards and increased scalability.
MeeGo Touch Input Method Framework
- 1. MeeGo Touch Input Method Frameworks Presented by: Mohammad Anwari mohammad.anwari@nokia.com
- 2. Highlights Provides text input services (ie. not for navigation) Supports multiple UI framework Client-server model Highly customizable and extendable 2
- 3. The Frameworks Input method UI framework Hosts the UI Interacts with the rest of platform components
- 4. The Frameworks Input method UI framework Hosts the UI Interacts with the rest of platform components Input method engine framework Abstracts input method engine APIs
- 5. Input Method UI Framework
- 6. Highlights Plugin loading based on categories Hardware keyboard On screen Accessories
- 7. Highlights Plugin loading based on categories Hardware keyboard On screen Accessories Common text input paradigm Pre-edit and committed strings
- 8. Highlights Plugin loading based on categories Hardware keyboard On screen Accessories Common text input paradigm Pre-edit and committed strings Default plugin available: MeeGo Keyboard
- 9. Highlights Plugin loading based on categories Hardware keyboard On screen Accessories Common text input paradigm Pre-edit and committed strings Default plugin available: MeeGo Keyboard LGPL
- 10. Components Input context of the UI framework Handles the text input operation on the text entry side Text editing Widget relocation
- 11. Components Input context of the UI framework Handles the text input operation on the text entry side Text editing Widget relocation MeeGo Touch: MinputContext MInputMethodState
- 12. Components Input context of the UI framework Input context connection Handles data transportation between input context and the input method server MeeGo Touch: D-Bus
- 13. Components Input context of the UI framework Input context connection Windowing and input system Displays the UI and handles the input, both touchscreen and Hardware keyboard MeeGo Touch: X11, xkb, xfixes
- 14. Components Input context of the UI framework Input context connection Windowing and input system Plugin loaders Handles the loading of the plugins
- 15. Components Input context of the UI framework Input context connection Windowing and input system Plugin loaders Settings Displays UI of the settings MeeGo Touch: MeeGo Control Panel
- 17. Highlights Pure Qt Abstracts input method engines API Plugin system Input method UI independent LGPL
- 18. Interfaces provided Words Error correction Word prediction Word completion
- 19. Interfaces provided Words Error correction Word prediction Word completion Handwriting recognition (there is a merge request now...)
- 21. Roadmap
- 22. MeeGo 1.2 UI Framework New plugin category: Voice input Information exposures: anchor and cursor position Private D-Bus
- 23. MeeGo 1.2 UI Framework New plugin category: Voice input Information exposures: anchor and cursor position Engine Framework New functions in Words: Dynamic virtual keyboard layouts New interface: HWR
- 25. Future Closer to Qt Display size scalability
- 26. Future Closer to Qt Display size scalability Input method widgets
- 27. Thank you 27