[Tux4kids-tuxtype-dev] Comment on this idea

[David Bruce]

Hi,

On Monday 24 March 2008 10:09:07 am sreyas k wrote:
> Hi,

> So what I propose is to add feature of showing the specific language
> keyboard in the background and showing which keys to press in that
> keyboard. So what I'm planning to do is to keep a dummy keyboard image with
> the keys not filled with the glyphs. When we load the keyboard.lst for the
> first time for a language, a that empty keyboard image is filled with the
> glyphs for that language and saved in the theme part of that language. This
> image can then be used every time that language is used. This not only
> helps the user by showing the language keyboard they want to use, but also
> the key to be pressed in that keyboard.
>
> I would like to do this project as a student in this year's GSOC. I think
> this idea will help the users a lot . What do you think of this idea?

I think it's a great idea, although it sounds like a lot of work.  I'm hopeful 
that SDL 1.3/2.0 will allow us to get the keymap data from the OS so we don't 
have to rely on the keyboard.lst files in the future.

Regards,

-- 
David Bruce