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I've been having a look for one but can't find any. Am I missing something obvious?

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 25 points 2 years ago

FlorisBoard is in f-droid, and has swipe. What it doesn't currently have, and has been in the "to do" list for - I don't know, over a year - is autocorrect. This makes swipe far less effective than on other boards. But it does work well; there are just a lot of spelling errors to fix.

[-] northernnoel@lemmy.sweeney.social 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah after a while I found I had this issue. Now switched to AnySoftKeyboard and it seems to have what I need.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

I switched the other way, but I honestly don't remember why. I'll have to try AnySoft again.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It freezes. For minutes at a time. Not often, but minutes are too long, and you cannot kill it. Also, it auto hides in the middle of typing when you type "too fast", there are words you simply cannot swipe ("never" being one, it always gives "nerve"), some that constantly are guessed wrong (common words replaced by a rather obscure alternative), and sometimes, when you type "too fast", the cursor moves one or to positions backwards as you type.

Honestly I appreciate the effort it must have been to code, but I'm sad it has all those issues. That being said, it is still more usable than Florisboard...

The best one I found so far was the AOSP keyboard with swiping enabled via a proprietary blob. But, well, it's not entirely opensource...

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, that's too bad. I don't remember that behavior, but it's been a while since I last tried it.

[-] Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

The problem is that It looks abandoned. Not a new release in a year

[-] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

If it's feature complete, a keyboard doesn't need regular updates. According to the other thread it's not feature complete, so it could be abandoned. Since it's FOSS any enthusiastic person could stop it from being abandoned.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] biddy@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I agree in this case.

But there's a narrative that software needs regular updates or it's worthless, but some things are just done and stable.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, yes. Absolutely. The "this software is newer therefore better" or "it gets more updates so I know it's better software" affirmations make about as much sense as "my complete rewrite of Shakespeare's work using a vocabulary of 200 words is better because it is newer" or "this mathematical proof uses more paper, so I know it's better".

This "argumentum ad novitatem" fallacy grinds my gear almost as much as the "argumentum ad populum" one...

Unfortunately, both argumentations are really common in FOSS (and in software in general). ๐Ÿ˜‘

[-] Vega@feddit.it 20 points 2 years ago

AnySoftKeyboard, I use it and love it, but it need a lot of time to be configured exactly like you want

[-] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

In using ASK with swore, but as you can see, it's not yelling accurate. I wish that the namespace key would remove the while worked, not letter by letter.

(I'm using ASK with swipe, but as you can see, it's not terribly accurate. I wish that the backspace key would remove the whole word, not letter by letter.)

[-] Vega@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

You can set gestures on spacebar to delete whole word. This is why I say anysoft need a lot of time, because probably your needs are already fulfilled, but find the option is an ordeal

[-] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Well, would you look at that, it was in my settings the whole time. Thank you kindly!

[-] northernnoel@lemmy.sweeney.social 3 points 2 years ago

Think I've settled on this one. So far so good thanks!

[-] 1984@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I looked at it briefly and just want to confirm - it doesn't support simultaneous use of multiple languages, od does it?

[-] owlinsight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It does! You can download the additional languages and then configure it how you want (a very common one is to swipe on the space bar)

[-] 1984@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the answer. I wasn't clear enough, I meant being able to write in multiple languages without having to switch to another language, like what e.g. Gboard does.

[-] owlinsight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh my bad then. I'm not familiar with Gboard having never used it unfortunately. I don't think then that you can use multiple languages all at once. I can only say that AnySoftKeyboard is very customizable and as far as convenience goes, one can easily change languages with a swipe. You can also add your own exceptions and abbreviations in different languages

[-] 1984@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, I will check it out.

[-] Vega@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, it is possible, but it's hard to find the option. Here an answer on GitHub https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/issues/1524

[-] linad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I'd suggest you openboard, this version is a fork of the original one & is being maintained currently . Have a look at the readme and you'll find how to add gesture swipe.

[-] xooolooov@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

cant find the relaeased apk. do i have to compile by myself?

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~ it's on F-Droid https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/ ~~

EDIT: if anyone sees this, how can i strikethrough text? i'm trying to signal this mistake but i am failing

[-] linad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

this isn't the one, the one in fdroid isn't being maintained, but the fork is.

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

ah shit, thanks

[-] mnmalst@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago
[-] northernnoel@lemmy.sweeney.social 3 points 2 years ago

That's great thanks. Just tried it and appears to work well.

[-] SmoothSurfer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Use gboards with a firewall blocking any traffic from it.

[-] xooolooov@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Trying this. Been struggling to find dictionary of my native language in openboard. Thanks dude!

[-] jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Wait, is using GBoard with blocked internet access actually private? I read other people say it is like a keylogger, and probably would bypass the internet restriction.

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