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#19 shortcuts don't work via keyboard
I defined one of my buttons to be the shortcut stroke.
When I attempt to use it (e.g. <shortcut> dts for a date -
n- time stamp) the shortcut isn't expanded.
If I manually do the grafitti strokes for the shortcut, it
works fine, so I know the shortcut is defined correctly.
Thinking that maybe it was the shortcut symbol itself
that was "magic", I also attempted entering the shortcut
stroke via grafitti and following it up with the letters "dts"
via the keyboard. This doesn't work either.
If I enter the shortcut symbol via the keyboard, and then
enter "dts" via grafitti, the shortcut expansion works.
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I can confirm this behaviour. I just tested this and tried
some code modifications, but can't come up with a solution.
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Yes, none of the previous versions of QuickType could do this
either. I just thought you'd like to know and perhaps you'd
have a fix.
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I noticed a long time ago that using <shortcut> followed by tapping the letters never worked in any previous version I've tried.Always had to graffiti it out from start to finish.
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sorry for redundant comment --- hadn't noticed Olaf's comment before I submitted it.
Apparently the shortcut expansion is embedded in the graffiti recognition. To get QT's output to work it'd have to be plugged in deeper in the graffiti engine. Personally, I don't know how to do that.
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The shortcut behavior is deeply embedded in the graffiti
handling engine. In order to implement shortcut strokes
you will need to trap more system calls. The FITALY
keyboard has a functional shortcut key, so looking at their
system traps may provide some insight as to how to take
over shortcut stroke handling.