Keyman Update for 17 January 2025

This blog reports on significant Keyman keyboard development updates over the period from 23 December 2024 — 17 January 2025.

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 17.0.333 stable was released in this cycle. There are some updates: 

• Linux: 
  • Fix Lintian errors (#12817) 
  • Update Debian changelog (#12022)
• Android: 
  • External keyboard still works when OSK hidden (#12875)

Keyman 18.0.163 alpha through 18.0.172 alpha were also released in this cycle. Significant updates in these versions include:

• Keyman Web: 
  • Add zoom shortcuts (#12865)
• Android: 
  • Improve handling of wordbreaker (#12864)
• Keyman Developer: 
  • Detect invalid key IDs (#12895)
  • Filter incorrect fonts (#12909)

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

Keyboard updates

New keyboards:

• Introducing four experimental keyboards:
  • The MJH Todo keyboard is designed for the Oirat language using the Todo style of Mongolian script (#3253).
  • The MJH Ali Gali keyboard uses the “Ali Gali” letters of the Mongolian script (#3255).
  • The MJH Manchu keyboard is for typing in Manchu (#3256).
  • The MJH Sibe keyboard is created for the Xibe language using the Mongolian script (#3257).
• The Pashai keyboard is an Arabic script keyboard for the Southeast Pashai language (#3261).
• The SMSC Dakota keyboard designs by and for Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Dakota language speakers (#3274, #3283, #3288). Submitted by butanial.
• The Manchu keyboard is for Manchurian and can type the Manchu language (#3278). Contributed by Cathaylaboratory.

Keyboard enhancement:

• The Polytonic Greek (SIL) keyboard v1.8.1 adds a long press key on touch layout to type U+1F75 ή (#3259).
• The Colchis Latin keyboard v1.6 includes ɔ and q̌ for all keyboard layouts.
• Thanks to Cathaylaboratory for updating two keyboards
  • The cantonese telex keyboard v1.2.2 (#3269) has rules to reduce unexpected transformation, more long-press keys in touch-layout, and more.
  • The Taigi Viet Telex keyboard v3.0.1 (#3284) has automatic uppercase, rules to reduce unexpected transformation and more long-press keys in touch-layout.