[Student-projects] GSoC Update : FirefoxOS KeyboardIME Up and Running

[Tim Chien]

Praveen,

App Manager only show console log for each app in their own debug
view. I am not sure you are saying it's not working for you or if you
are expecting something else.

As of the behavior we talked in the last e-mail, sorry about having
you to find out on your own. Would you mind updating MDN for every
keyboard hacker out there?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Using_the_App_Manager


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Praveen Sridhar <prvn431 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I learnt this the hard way!
> Now I'm able to use the debugger with an IME but I'm unable to get the
> console events happening in the overall system when the IME layout is
> changed. I'm sure that is because the debugger shows events only fired by
> the app and not the ones fired by the system keyboard handler (like console
> logs when layout gets changed)
>
> The only quick workaround I see is to test is as a built in app and then
> make relevant changes.
> Can the b2g-desktop be of any help here?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Tim Chien <timdream at mozilla.com> wrote:
>>
>> td;lr, for debugging the keyboard app, *always* ensure the virtual
>> keyboard of the keyboard app to debug is clearly visible before
>> hitting the debug button.
>>
>> *warning: internal System app below*
>>
>> The App Manager is quite tricky. The "launch" button is routed to
>> mozApp.launch() and "debug" button looks for the current live frame.
>> You cannot launch the keyboard app from App Manager because keyboard
>> app frames are handled by input management, not the app window
>> management. When you click the debug button without making sure the
>> keyboard is launched already, App Manager will attempt to ask app
>> window management to launch it for you, not the input management.
>> That's why you see the Keyboard Settings frame instead of the virtual
>> keyboard frame.
>>
>> (Therefore, if you want to debug the Keyboard Settings frame instead
>> of the virtual keyboard frame, you could use it the other way around)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Praveen Sridhar <prvn431 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thank you Tim and Rudy.
>> > I'm still not able to debug the app in the Simulator. It seems that on
>> > launch by clicking the "debug" button on the App Manager, the settings
>> > page
>> > gets opened up and with the settings.html page closed, the debugger view
>> > is
>> > removed. Since Rudy got it working without any problem with the device,
>> > I
>> > suppose the problem is only with the Simulator.
>> > I was plagued by slow internet connection, so I did not flash my phone
>> > with
>> > the latest build. I'll do that and report back.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you Jishnu, your work on the layouts for the Indic Keyboard will
>> > save
>> > me loads of time!
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Praveen
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Jishnu <jishnu7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Praveen Sridhar <prvn431 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Since there is no "standard" mobile-specific layout for Indic
>> >>> keyboards,
>> >>> I've experimented a bit with the keys.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> For Malayalam, I have created a mobile layout based on Lalitha
>> >> (Documentation is pending.) for our Indic Keyboard[1] project. It is
>> >> pretty
>> >> optimized, may be you can use it. Also, there is another layout called
>> >> Amalaki[2] created by Suresh P.
>> >>
>> >> For other languages, I have spent good amount of time creating custom
>> >> (mostly phonetic) layouts for mobile. You can use them too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> [1] https://github.com/smc/Indic-Keyboard
>> >> [2] https://gitorious.org/amalaki
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Jishnu
>> >>
>> >> http://j15h.nu
>> >>
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