Changing EightKeys' Look

To customize the look of the EightKeys replace the images in the following folders:

Adding New Keyboard Layout

You can make a new EightKeys keyboard layout by creating a folder under /Library/EightKeys/Layouts/ and adding the following five files:

  1. Layout.txt :the layout definition of the new keyboard layout
  2. mainleft.png :the image of the left half of your keyboard
  3. mainright.png :the image of the right half of your keyboard
  4. backleft.png :the image of the background for the left half of your keyboard
  5. backright.png :the image of the background for the right half of your keyboard

The easiest way of doing the above is copying the   /Library/EightKeys/Layouts/EightKeys/ folder, rename it and edit the files

Then your keyboard layout will be available in EightKeys once the phone restarts.

The Format of the Layout.txt File

  1. The first line of text file defines display name of the keyboard layout
  2. The other lines define the taps and alternatives for each of the letters that are typed by the eight keys.
  3. The numbers after 'key' defines the two keys that are tapped to type the letter after the two numbers (see the picture below on how the eight keys are numbered)
  4. Up to 16 alternatives for a letter can be specified after the main letter.
  5. To specify an alternative place '_' followed  by the alternative (no space between the '_' and the letter)
  6. the word key, the key numbers, the letter and the alternatives should be separated by exactly one space

 

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