Keyman Update for 27 September 2024

This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 16 September 2024 — 27 September 2024.

As always, you can follow all of our development online at github.com/keymanapp/keyman, and you may find the Keyman Development Status Site at status.keyman.com both interesting and slightly overwhelming!

Keyman minor releases

Keyman 18.0.113 alpha through 18.0.118 alpha were released in this cycle.

Significant updates in these versions include:

• Use cached dependencies when building Keyman offline (#12439)
• MacOS:
  • Removed “Use verbose console logging” checkbox (#12431)
  • Removed “Always show OSK” option (#12355)
• Android:
  • Removed “Always show banner” toggle (#12430)
  • Disabled suggestion banner on password field (#12442)

The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.

Keyboard updates

New keyboards

• Much appreciation to mauruo for submitting two keyboards:
  • Meroitic Hieroglyphs keyboard is for the Meroitic language using the Meroitic Hieroglyphs script (#3116, #3120).
  • Todhri keyboard is designed for Albanian using the Todhri script (#3117, #3123).
• Old Uyghur keyboard using the Old Uyghur Script (Qocho Script or the Bitig Script) is an abjad alphabet hybrid used for writing Old Uyghur, Karakhanid, Ottoman Turkish, Mongolian and many more languages across Asia (#3104, #3122). Much thanks to AmacsizBirKisi.
• Pulaar Ajamiya (Qwerty) keyboard is a Qwerty-based keyboard for the Pulaar language of Senegal using the Ajamiya script (#3119). 
• Zaiwa Backwards keyboard imported from MSKLC (#3101, #3102).

Improved keyboards

• hakka keyboard v1.1 receives new rules to type heavy tones and an improved numeric layout (#3093). Thanks to Cathaylaboratory.
• Haíɫzaqvḷa keyboard v10.0 uses the Noto Heiltsuk Sans Font (#3114). Contributed by HopsAndHops.
• Armenian Mnemonic keyboard v2.0 has an option dialog for key `R`, `T`, and `P`(#3094). Credit goes to dotland.
• Khmer (SIL) keyboard v2.1 includes touch layout and Khmer Busra Font (#3107).
• Polytonic Greek (SIL) keyboard v1.8 extends support for touch devices and typing macron (#3106).
• Jarai ចារាយ (SIL) keyboard v1.1 adds tilde (~) to desktop RALT-` (#3124).
• Yiddish Pasekh keyboardv2.0.1 has a new rule and keystroke (#3095).