Brodie Robertson

The Disaster Of Wayland Input Methods


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If you write in non latin script you absolutely require an input method, but they're also very important for handwriting recognition and virtual keyboards but on Wayland there are some flaws designed into the protocol and this is the person who do so.
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Input Broken: https://dorotac.eu/posts/input_broken/
Fosdem Talk: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2972-wayland-s-input-method-is-broken-and-it-s-my-fault/
2020 Input Methods: https://dorotac.eu/posts/input_method/
Old Protocol KDE: https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2016/05/virtual-keyboard-support-in-kwinwayland-5-7/
Old Protocol Virtual Keyboard: https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/1672465
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