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trying to find a touch keyboard for wayland kde (feddit.rocks)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i've been searching nonstop. im stuck on gnome and i really hate it. i know theres mallit but its just a phone layout so how do i even exit vim? id need a full key layout

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

With a workaround you can use Onboard. You still need Maliit for the lock screen.

But yeah, the keyboard situation on KDE is abysmal. I've seen a little bit of movement on some of the Maliit bug reports. But nothing substantial yet.

On my Steam Deck I use Steam's keyboard most of the time, Onboard when I need special keys and Maliit for the lock screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i cant find its desktop file

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Should be in /usr/share/applicatons. Copy it to ~/.local/share/applications to edit it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

ok so i did all the steps but its still not typing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

i get "ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib64/libextest.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored." running onboard