qwo Quikwriting for Openmoko

Introduction

This project is an implementation of Quikwriting, an efficient way to input text for hand-held devices without picking your finger off the screen, all the credits must go to Pr Ken Perlin.
The integration with any window manager or the opemmoko platform hasn't been done yet but it is possible to test it on a desktop.

It is released under a free software license, see COPYING for more details.

Requirements

Xorg

To test this software on a computer, as integration in a mobile environment hasn't been done yet, you will need Gtk.

Installation

You can download the software on the project page. Install the software with the following:

tar -xvzf [archive-name]
cd [archive-name]
./configure --enable-standalone
make

And as root:

make install

Usage

To start the software:

qwo

You can specify another font to use with the -f switch, for example:

qwo -f "-*-courier-bold-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

The currently character sets are the lowercase letters, uppercase and numbers. To switch the current set click in the window.

The characters < and > appears twice, the upper ones are modifiers and will change the character set for the next inputed character respectively to the previous and the next set and go back to the current one. The left and right ones of the center area are, respectively, the delete and space.

To exit the program enter eight regions excluding the one in the center. You can start with the upper left one, go to the upper middle one ... Without going back to the center and finally hitting the upper left one again.

Media

A link to a demo on youtube is also available here.

Links

Quikwriting homepage
Openmoko wiki