[Quicktype-users] Re: 2.1 b2 new features

[Olaf D. <olaf.dietsche#<lis...@t-...>]

Hi Rick,

sorry for the late respone. My email provider killed my account some
time ago, so some of my subscriptions got lost.

> I'm new to the list, so bear with me if this stuff has already been
> discussed (no archives of this list at sourceforge).
> 
> Looking through the latest README, I see that there is now a horizontal
> split code (<shortcut>-) which I assume works in an analogous way to the
> vertical split that was in 2.0.  However, as I was just poking through the
> code a bit I can see that there is also a new diagonal split.  Is anyone
> trying out the new <shortcut>/ capability that seems to indicate that a key
> can be split diagonally?  How does this work?  The key definition screen
> still seems to present the 13x5 keyboard, so it isn't obvious to me if this
> really provides a way to split a key.  (I'm assuming this capability is
> being placed in there to allow definitions like the keys on FitalyStamp).

I didn't update the README in CVS yet. But you may want to look at the
release notes, which describe this feature. It's available at:
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=114823> or
when you click on the version number in the files section. If it's
still unclear then, please ask again and I will try to be more
precise.

> Also, has anyone set the key width and height to anything larger?  What
> happens if I define a key definition that causes some of the keys to be
> outside of the 160 pixel width or the 55 pixel height?  For instance, could
> I set the height to 12 pixels and still get all 5 rows (essentially
> expanding the keyboard to a total height of 60 pixels)?  Or would the top or
> bottom row get cut off once the 55 pixel point is hit?  A similar question
> could be asked about the width.

Just try it, you can always revert back to the default. If the keys
become too high or too wide, quicktype starts cutting at the bottom
and the right side. I just tried myself setting the height to 12
pixels and the fourth row was extended down to the bottom. So you get
an oversized bottom row, if the key height doesn't allow for a
complete row.

Regards, Olaf.