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                                            central character, activated through a tap, and corner characters activated by
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            swiping in that direction.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        ## Design rationale
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                            It is not natural to have a 6cm-wide simulated typewriter; usually the mobile
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            keyboards rely on tricks such as autocorrect. Plus, they are not adapted for
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            other languages; let's take Romanian as an example: we have 5 new letters,
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        

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                                            more common than "b", "f", "g", "h", "j", "v", "z", not to mention "k", "q",
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            "w", "x", "y", yet doesn't get its own key like those.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        Benefits:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## Benefits of the design
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            * **impossible to mistype:** since there are only 8 targets (by default), 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                              they can be large enough not to miss them; it provides true touch typing
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        

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                                            * **economical use of screen space:** with a surface about 50% smaller than
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                              a regular phone keyboard, split screens with keyboard become realistic.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        Inspiration: mainly
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        [Unexpected Keyboard](https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2/), but that
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        is not as radical. I now know of some other keyboards with a similar idea, that
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        is, not providing all the letters by tapping, but I didn't when I came up with
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        the concept, and my layout is different, being designed to use as little screen
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        space as possible.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## How to use
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * Tap an area to write its central character.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * Press on an area and flick in the corresponding corner to write a corner
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          character.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * In the bottom row, tap the up arrow to shift and tap again to unshift.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * In the bottom row, tap the long space bar to insert a space.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * In the bottom row, tap the pencil to change the layout.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * In the bottom row, tap the left arrow to backspace.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * In the bottom row, tap the return sign to simulate pressing enter.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## How to write layouts
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        Make a YAML file with the keys `name`, `symbol` and `keys`. `name` is a string
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        naming the layout, `symbol` is a 2-3 character abbreviation of the layout.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        `keys` is a 3D array of objects; each object has the keys `central`, `top_left`,
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        `top_right`, `bottom_right`, `bottom_left` which are characters (or sequences)
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        that will be entered with the corresponding action.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        Currently, only 1 or 2 layers are supported.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## Inspiration
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        Mainly [Unexpected Keyboard](https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2/), but
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        that is not as radical. I now know of some other keyboards with a similar idea,
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        that is, not providing all the letters by tapping (Flickboard, MessagEase), but
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        I didn't when I came up with the concept, and my layout is different, being
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        designed to use as little screen space as possible.