OkidoKey

OkidoKey Lite changes the name to OkidoKey

- Allows changing the Sel-key for each input method.
- Added Q-Key support for Hsu-bpmf input method.
- Fixed a bug that cause Sel-Key return wrong candidate on Array input method.
- Other bug fixes and adjustments.

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Allows selecting the first candidate by Return key and keyboard shortcut.
- Rename OkidoKey "Clipboard" to "Clip Pad" to reduce confusion with the system clipboard.
- Added two new keyboard layout for array10.
- Added Haptic feedback for keyboard, it "feels" more like the native keyboard.
- Added Simplified Chinese lexicon from Jeiba.
- Add Universal Clipboard and Clear option for Clip Pad.

#### FIXED

- Fixed a bug that causes selecting a candidate may return multiple times after switching between keyboards.
- Fixed a bug that causes Array context to have extra candidates while having duplicate compositions in shortcut mode.
- Fixed icon or key color mismatch in dark mode.
- Fixed incorrect icon for caps lock under iOS12 and below.
- Fixed the space key not display correct state after cursor moving mode.
- Fixed the w and arrow keys caused keyboard no response issue from the Array flick and position1 keyboards.
- Fixed various bugs for install and import Chinese Lexicon.
- Fixed various issues from the text editor, including English mode and emoji issues.

It's been a while since our last release, thank you for the feedback and the feature requests.

This release contains lots of bug fixes and compatibility for iOS13.

To make keyboard shortcuts easy to use and manageable, we have redesigned the key combinations for all shortcuts, please review them from Setting / Shortcuts.

Alone with the release, all lexicon databases updates all phrases with incorrect pronunciations, for example, 恐嚇 "konghe" was previously "kongxia", 龜裂 "junlie" was previously "guilie", etc. It's recommended to update your current lexicon database from Setting / Lexicon, choose the proper lexicon and update with replace option.

#### NEW

- All icons use built-in SF Symbol on iOS13.
- Dark mode supported on iOS13.
- You can now arrange the priority of predictive candidates from Setting / Candidate Priority.
- You can use cmd-s to save the document without close the document.

#### IMPROVEMENTS

- Increase the space key size for choco and some keyboard layouts that have more than 4 keys at the last row.
- Clipboard auto-copy visual feedback.
- Lexicon search behavior now the same as a keyboard.
- Improved the stability of text editor.
- Redesigned keyboard shortcuts.

#### FIXED

- Fixed a bug where radicals not transformed into the specified Chinese locale.
- Fixed a bug that returns the wrong candidate by select-keys on Array Context.
- Fixed a bug that causes on-screen keyboard with the wrong size when awaking from the docked mode.
- Fixed a bug that input method imported with file extension name other than .cin not identified as a valid input method.
- Fixed a bug that lexicon training not working.
- Fixed an issue that causes document scrolled to the top while saving.
- Fixed an issue that causes text editor not drawing lines properly.
- Fixed an issue that pasting text from the clipboard at a wrong position.
- Fixed crashes that could occur when accessing the lexicon database.
- Fixed wrong pronunciation of phrases from each lexicon database.

added: text editor margin and line spacing preference
added: custom lexicon weight
added: keyboard live preview
fixed: missing visual response for auto-copy button
fixed: missing descriptions

fixed: Incomplete result in candidate panel for Array input method
changed: Increased the range of keyboard height

Candidate bar became heavy and not easy to navigate while more and more resource appears.

Introduce New Candidate Panel

To open the new Candidate Panel by select “…” from the candidate bar.
Candidate Panel sort candidate resources into different tabs. It can display more items at once and easy to navigate for more items.

The candidate bar only displays most recently candidates for each category, to reduce resource usage and gain performance improvements at the same time. The behavior also applies to candidates form input method itself.

- Added: New Candidate Panel
- Added: Initial input for lexicon, i.e. mmm -> 莫名其妙、密密麻麻、某某某
- Changed: Remove up/down directions and speed gravity effects from Spacebar cursor control, allows only left/right directions in a certain range of current content
- Fixed: user lexicon not working properly
- Fixed: array-flick keyboard wrong behavior introduce in v2.2.0

Keyboard visible state incorrect issue fixes

This release contains a few new features, bugs fixes, reliability and stability improves.
Some default value of preferences changed, please review setting if needed.
If you have strange issue after upgrade, please try Setting / Reset / Rest All to reset the preference and remove all input methods to factory mode.

Some default value may changed related to input method.
Some keyboard layout name changed.
Array10 input method has a new version update, please re-install it from setting.
Array30 has two new telephone style keyboard, flick and position keyboard.
The ibus2cin tool for Boshimay input method also updated, if you ever use previous version please update the tool then generate a new CIN data table for install.

fixed: Editor may crash when text selected range changed
fixed: iCloud document version conflict
fixed: Input method memory usage and stability

added: Sibling keyboard is back
added: Introduce Key Flicks for iPad for half or full-width symbols
added: Sound and vibration error feedback options
added: Support for number type keyboards for custom keyboard
added: Custom extra keyboard bottom margin

changed: Each input method now has its own training, composition and other (shortcode, special…) preferences
changed: Install custom input method from Setting / Input Method instead of file browser
changed: Keyboard interface preference preview and others
changed: Keyboard background color adjustments
changed: Delay option for Emoji and lexicon predictive
changed: Remove invisible blank for Emoji

removed: Entire sentence input
removed: Migrations for Notes from v1
removed: No need to install custom input method from file browser
removed: Analytics

This is a major release for lite version since v2.0.7

Also please notice that document migrations will be removed in next release, include export notes from iCloud and device, if you haven't done that please do before next release.

# New keyboard layouts

Keyboard layouts separate into 3 categories, previous “iPad” layout renames to “Full-size” remains suitable for bigger size iPad Pro, the new “iPad” layout more suitable for iPad 9.7” and iPad mini.

** Please review keyboard setting if anything changed
** For more information, please review https://github.com/ethanliu/OkidoKeyCharsets/tree/v2.1

Keyboard interface add shrink and appearance options also include regular and flat keyboard style.
Full-sized keyboard layout now has caps lock key for toggle between English and input method.

# New File Associations

While having other 3rd-party custom keyboard app installed, may case OkidoKey unrecognized the file type and unable to open or install. If unfortunately this happened to you, please try to rename the file extension from .cin to either .gcin, .xcin, .csv or .okidokey then try again, or please try remove other 3rd-party custom keyboard app first.

# New features and bug fixes

- Better memory management that improves the stability of keyboard extension
- Compatibility issues that affects on iPhone X
- Composition mode other than space key not working well with Zhuyin issue fixes
- Custom keyboard became blank while toggle between Bluetooth and custom keyboard mode issue fixes
- Emoji suggestions updates
- New entire sentence input feature for phonetic input methods, i.e. Zhuyin or Pinyin
- New syllable correction feature for Zhuyin input method
- New learning feature for both input method and lexicon
- New file type associations for input method data table as well as Markdown and other plain text documents
- New flat keyboard style, shrink and appearance preferences

fixed: rebuild or install custom input method failed issue
added: phonetic, homophone and lexicon lookup for editor

This release contains stability and bug fixes

Unable to add keyboard layout fixes
Bug fixes and keyboard appearance adjustments

Bugs related to ads fixes

** Input method and Notes from v1 is not compatible to v2, please re-install input method or migrating notes from setting **

OkidoKey input method get lighter and smarter

- Install input method on the fly
- Allows to install multiple input methods and switching directly from keyboard
- Navigation pad for cursor control
- Pop-up keys
- Zhuyin input method now support ET26, ET41, Hsu, IBM keyboard layouts

OkidoKey Notes replaced by Files

- No more worry about which document is news anymore, just access the same plain text document from anywhere on any device directly
- Works better in split-view on iPad with bluetooth keyboard

This is an iOS11 compatibility update.
Please notice that this might be the last version supports iOS8~iOS10, if there is no any serious issue.
The next major release will taking advantage of Files.app that requires iOS11, for the reason I decided to drop supports for iOS10 and under.
Thank you all for continue support OkidoKey and all the feedbacks.

This release contains iOS 10.3 compatibility and other bug fixes.

We are sorry about the input method which import data table by v1.3.3 not working, please update to v1.3.4 then import the data table again, if you have the issue.

You can now use arrow keys to navigate between candidates and choose one by space or enter key without leaving keyboard while using Note or Clipboard.

Besides the regular selection keys, i.e. 1234 defined by input method itself, use Ctrl + Left/Right arrows to navigate between candidates then use space or enter key to select the candidate. While navigating candidates, use Ctrl + Up to trigger homophones and Ctrl + Down to trigger reverse lookup, also support escape key to clear current inputs.

There's a new keyboard layout for Boshiamy input method, and Array30 had been update a few times silently, download and install again from collection to upgrade. For more information about keyboard layout or input method data tables, please visit: https://github.com/ethanliu/OkidoKeyCharsets

This release also contains bug fixes and less memory footprint, thanks for everyone who report issues and suggestions.

Tips
Just in case you haven’t figured this out already. You don’t have to copy content from Clipboard manually, not event tap the Done button, once you leave Clipboard, say switching to another app right away, all you need to do is just paste it manually to anywhere you need.

v1.3.2 contains bug fixes and other improvements for iOS 10.

- Allow smaller candidate bar for iPad

v1.3.1 has a few new features besides bug fixes, including Traditional and Simplified Chinese conversion and Clipboard for multitasking.

## Traditional and Simplified Chinese Outputs

When Traditional and Simplified Chinese Conversion enabled, the original globe key will display current output locale. Same as shift key, use double tap to switch CHT / CHS output state.
When connected with bluetooth keyboard, use Ctrl + Shift shortcut to switch between CHT / CHS output locale.
* Please make sure the input method locale matches your .cin data table.
* There’s only Traditional Chinese lexicon available.

## Clipboard

Clipboard doesn’t have any store functionality, instead it will copy the content while closing, then you can paste it from any other apps.
With Split View Multitasking, you can now use bluetooth keyboard to input Chinese with any input method without launch OkidoKey Note.

## OkidoKey Note and Input Method State

It will now display current input method and locale in title when a bluetooth keyboard connected.

## Bluetooth Keyboard and Full Width Character

Some bluetooth keyboards using full width characters that case input method not working correctly, to solve this problem please enable this setting.
* Known bluetooth keyboards from Logitech® have this kinds of behaviour.

- Array30 input method lookup correction
- Cache performance and stability improved

- 5^ "的" exception for Array input method
- .cin data table viewer

- Notes with hardware keyboard supports
- Keyboard layout preview and display preferences
- Traditional Chinese lexicon
- Emoji predicts
- Smart parentheses
- Two finger cursor control
- Optimised Array30 with short-code and special mode supports (re-downloa data table and install requried)
- A few keyboard layouts changes, includes array, keypad, symbol, etc.

For better performance and memory management, it requires to transform the data table to database structure, therefore it will reset your input method after install, please re-select you input method again.

This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements, including:

- New candidate bar with a new configuration option
- Display more information about data table file
- Adds a collection of open source data tables
- Only shows keyboard layouts for current device model

- Return key now always send component from candidate bar.
- Optional vibration feedback.
- Fixes key b,v mismatched for qcode keyboard.
- Bugs fixes.