Does anyone know of a FOSS version of this (android keyboard with hexagonal keys?)
Does anyone know of a FOSS version of this (android keyboard with hexagonal keys?)
Its hexagonal shape is a must-have for multilingual typists.
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12627612
Contacted typewise, asked if I could purchase apk from them (the pro version or whatever) since I don't use GPlay store and they said no.
EDIT: I deny network permission to Typewise just to be on the safe side, but I'd like to be able to use some of the Pro features, and I'm willing to pay for them. But, no.
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If you only need roughly the same layout, you are able to replicate it without too much programming skills with the open source AnySoftKeyboard. Just fork it and create your own board. If you need assistance, I'm glad to give you a bit of help.
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That's extremely kind of you to offer; unfortunately my programming skills are non-existent and I wouldn't even know where to begin forking AnySoft (which is nice for its swipe-typing). More than anything it's the hexagonal-shaped keys I like because they're fingertip-shaped. AnySoft is great in many ways, but suffers a bit from too much menu diving; otherwise its customizability is fantastic. If only it had hexagonal keys! But if it did have that type of keyboard as an option, then the user would probably lose the swipe typing feature, yes?
You could try posting or sending in a feature request.
Like on github? (I think AnySoft's on github . . . )
GitHub is evil, but yes. If that's where they have a bug tracker, that would probably be the preferred place for suggestions. Also you can browse other tickets. There should be a tab saying "issues" or something like that. Posting will need an account, almost certainly.