Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
* Ewe: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Fon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Hausa: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Igbo: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Yoruba: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore